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Microlensing · 2019

OGLE-2018-BLG-0596L b

This world the light you see left it 18.4 thousand years ago.

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Size
3.8 × Earthestimated
A year
—0.97 AU
Temperature
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About this world

OGLE-2018-BLG-0596L b is a sub-Neptune orbiting OGLE-2018-BLG-0596L, a star 18.4 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 3.8 times the size of Earth (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 14 Earth masses.

At its size it almost certainly keeps a deep envelope of hydrogen and helium.

It was discovered in 2019 by microlensing with OGLE. A foreground star's gravity magnifies a background star; a planet adds a blip.

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