Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

KMT-2016-BLG-1107L b

A gas giant orbiting the unknown KMT-2016-BLG-1107L, located approximately 21,692.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,043.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.08 g
  • Semi-major axis 0.3420 AU
  • Distance from Earth 21,692.64 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.403
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 382,549,607 years

KMT-2016-BLG-1107L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
1,043.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.283 M♃
Density
2.55 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.08 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.403
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Microlensing
Facility KMTNet
Telescope 1.6 m wide-field telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#910of 1771

top 51.3%

This planet

13.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KMT-2016-BLG-1107L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,043.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.551.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.082.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,043.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.100 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,043.000 M⊕ · percentile 67 / cohort 1747
Distance 6,651.00 pc · percentile 97 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.403 · percentile 86 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
0.3420 AU
Eccentricity
Inclination
°

Year Length

Orbital period for this planet has not yet been measured.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.403

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Hwang et al. 2019

Instrument

18k Mosaic CCD camera

Publication

2019-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: KMT-2016-BLG-1107L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.087 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
6,651.00 parsec
Light-years 21,692.64 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 382,549,607 yr

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