OGLE-2018-BLG-0799Lb
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Discovery date | May 2018 |
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Mass | 0.22 MJ |
OGLE-2018-BLG-0799Lb is a sub-Saturn-mass exoplanet discovered in May 2018 by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) collaboration.
It has a mass of 0.22 Jupiter masses and is 14,400 light years away from earth. It orbits a dwarf star of approximately 0.08 solar masses.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Zang, Weicheng; Shvartzvald, Yossi; Udalski, Andrzej; Yee, Jennifer C.; Lee, Chung-Uk; Sumi, Takahiro; Zhang, Xiangyu; Yang, Hongjing; Mao, Shude; Novati, Sebastiano Calchi; Gould, Andrew (2020-10-17). "OGLE-2018-BLG-0799Lb: a Sub-Saturn-Mass Planet Orbiting a Very Low Mass Dwarf". arXiv:2010.08732 [astro-ph.EP].
- ^ "New sub-Saturn-mass exoplanet discovered". phys.org. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
Categories:
- Exoplanets discovered in 2018
- Exoplanets detected by microlensing
- Exoplanet stubs