Astronomy:OGLE-2018-BLG-1119Lb

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Short description: Neptunian planet orbiting OGLE-2018-BLG-1119L
OGLE-2018-BLG-1119Lb
Discovery[1]
Discovery date2022
Gravitational microlensing
Orbital characteristics
4.06 AU
StarOGLE-2018-BLG-1119L
Physical characteristics
Mass0.91 ||J}}}}}}


OGLE-2018-BLG-1119Lb is a Jupiter-like gas giant exoplanet located 5,760 parsecs (18,800 light-years) away, orbiting its host star at a distance of 4.06 AU and taking two years to complete one orbit. It is 0.91 times the mass of Jupiter. It was discovered in 2022[1] by gravitational microlensing.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Youn Kil Jung et al. (2022). "Systematic KMTNet Planetary Anomaly Search. VI. Complete Sample of 2018 Sub-prime-field Planets". The Astronomical Journal 164 (6): 262. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ac9c5c. Bibcode2022AJ....164..262J. 
  2. "The Extrasolar Planet Encyclopaedia — OGLE-2018-BLG-1119 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. 1995. https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/ogle_2018_blg_1119_b--8241/.