Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

KMT-2016-BLG-1397L b

A gas giant orbiting the unknown KMT-2016-BLG-1397L, located approximately 21,526.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2,200.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 13.64 g
  • Semi-major axis 5.1000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 21,526.30 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.434
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 379,616,209 years

KMT-2016-BLG-1397L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.130 R♃
Mass
2,200.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
7.000 M♃
Density
5.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
13.64 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.434
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Microlensing
Facility KMTNet
Telescope 1.6 m wide-field telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1130of 1771

top 63.7%

This planet

12.70R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KMT-2016-BLG-1397L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002,200.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0013.642.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2,200.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.700 R⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1771
Mass 2,200.000 M⊕ · percentile 81 / cohort 1747
Distance 6,600.00 pc · percentile 96 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.434 · percentile 95 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
5.1000 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)

0.434

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Zang et al. 2018

Instrument

18k Mosaic CCD camera

Publication

2018-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: KMT-2016-BLG-1397L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.450 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
6,600.00 parsec
Light-years 21,526.30 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 379,616,209 yr

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