Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

KMT-2021-BLG-1391L b

A super-earth orbiting the unknown KMT-2021-BLG-1391L, located approximately 18,656.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.97 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.55 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.17 g
  • Semi-major axis 2.2900 AU
  • Distance from Earth 18,656.12 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.791
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 329,000,714 years

KMT-2021-BLG-1391L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.97 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.176 R♃
Mass
4.55 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.014 M♃
Density
3.27 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.791
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

#38of 1176

top 3.1%

This planet

1.97R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KMT-2021-BLG-1391L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.55317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.271.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4.550 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.970 R⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.550 M⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 1176
Distance 5,720.00 pc · percentile 100 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.791 · percentile 89 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
2.2900 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)

0.791

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Ryu et al. 2022

Instrument

18k Mosaic CCD camera

Publication

2022-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: KMT-2021-BLG-1391L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.370 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
5,720.00 parsec
Light-years 18,656.12 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 329,000,714 yr

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