Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2023

KMT-2017-BLG-1194L b

A super-earth orbiting the unknown KMT-2017-BLG-1194L, located approximately 13,829.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.54 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.22 g
  • Semi-major axis 1.7800 AU
  • Distance from Earth 13,829.01 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.846
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 243,874,655 years

KMT-2017-BLG-1194L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.152 R♃
Mass
3.54 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
3.96 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.846
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2023
Method Microlensing
Facility KMTNet
Telescope 1.6 m wide-field telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#401of 1176

top 34.0%

This planet

1.70R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KMT-2017-BLG-1194L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.54317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.961.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3.540 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.700 R⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.540 M⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 1176
Distance 4,240.00 pc · percentile 99 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.846 · percentile 93 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
1.7800 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)

0.846

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Zang et al. 2023

Instrument

18k Mosaic CCD camera

Publication

2023-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: KMT-2017-BLG-1194L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.410 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
4,240.00 parsec
Light-years 13,829.01 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 243,874,655 yr

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