Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

KMT-2018-BLG-1990L b

A gas giant orbiting the m-type red dwarf KMT-2018-BLG-1990L, located approximately 3,153.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 111.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.67 g
  • Semi-major axis 0.7630 AU
  • Distance from Earth 3,153.93 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.258
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 55,619,526 years

KMT-2018-BLG-1990L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.160 R♃
Mass
111.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.348 M♃
Density
0.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.67 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.258
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

#1011of 1771

top 57.0%

This planet

12.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KMT-2018-BLG-1990L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00111.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.672.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 111.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.900 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1771
Mass 111.000 M⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1747
Distance 967.00 pc · percentile 86 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.258 · percentile 47 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
0.7630 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)

0.258

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Ryu et al. 2019

Instrument

18k Mosaic CCD camera

Publication

2019-10

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: KMT-2018-BLG-1990L

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.094 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
967.00 parsec
Light-years 3,153.93 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 55,619,526 yr

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