Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

KMT-2021-BLG-0912L b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange KMT-2021-BLG-0912L, located approximately 18,134.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.49 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.81 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.27 g
  • Semi-major axis 3.1400 AU
  • Distance from Earth 18,134.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.894
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 319,797,897 years

KMT-2021-BLG-0912L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.49 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.133 R♃
Mass
2.81 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.67 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.894
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Microlensing
Facility KMTNet
Telescope 1.6 m wide-field telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#766of 1176

top 65.1%

This planet

1.49R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KMT-2021-BLG-0912L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.81317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.671.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2.810 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.490 R⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.810 M⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1176
Distance 5,560.00 pc · percentile 100 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.894 · percentile 97 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
3.1400 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)

0.894

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Han et al. 2022

Instrument

18k Mosaic CCD camera

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: KMT-2021-BLG-0912L

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.800 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
5,560.00 parsec
Light-years 18,134.27 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 319,797,897 yr

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