About this world
OGLE-2016-BLG-1195L b is an Earth-sized planet orbiting OGLE-2016-BLG-1195L, a star 12.8 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 1.1 times the size of Earth (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 1.4 Earth masses.
It was discovered in 2017 by microlensing with OGLE. A foreground star's gravity magnifies a background star; a planet adds a blip.