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Microlensing · 2018

TCP J05074264+2447555 b

This world receives 2.35× the starlight Earth does; the light you see left it 1.65 thousand years ago.

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Size
4.7 × Earthestimated
A year
—0.94 AU
Temperature
71 °C345 K

About this world

TCP J05074264+2447555 b is a Neptune-like planet orbiting TCP J05074264+2447555, a yellow, Sun-like star 1.65 thousand light-years from Earth. It is about 4.7 times the size of Earth (its size estimated from its mass) and holds 20 Earth masses.

Its equilibrium temperature is about 345 K (71 °C): too cold for liquid water on its surface. At its size it almost certainly keeps a deep envelope of hydrogen and helium.

It was discovered in 2018 by microlensing with Multiple Observatories. A foreground star's gravity magnifies a background star; a planet adds a blip.

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