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Microlensing · 2022

OGLE-2019-BLG-0468L b

This world the light you see left it 14.4 thousand years ago.

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Size
1.2 × Jupiterestimated
A year
—3.29 AU
Temperature
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About this world

OGLE-2019-BLG-0468L b is a gas giant orbiting OGLE-2019-BLG-0468L, a yellow, Sun-like star (type G) 14.4 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 1.2 times the size of Jupiter (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 3.4 Jupiter masses.

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

It was discovered in 2022 by microlensing with OGLE. A foreground star's gravity magnifies a background star; a planet adds a blip. OGLE-2019-BLG-0468L has 2 known planets; the others are OGLE-2019-BLG-0468L c.

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