Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

KMT-2023-BLG-1866L b

A super-earth orbiting the unknown KMT-2023-BLG-1866L, located approximately 20,254.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.43 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.63 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.29 g
  • Semi-major axis 2.6300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 20,254.29 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.909
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 357,184,342 years

KMT-2023-BLG-1866L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.43 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.127 R♃
Mass
2.63 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
4.94 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.29 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.909
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
Method Microlensing
Facility KMTNet
Telescope 1.6 m wide-field telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#864of 1176

top 73.4%

This planet

1.43R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth KMT-2023-BLG-1866L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.63317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.941.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 2.630 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.430 R⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.630 M⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 1176
Distance 6,210.00 pc · percentile 100 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.909 · percentile 97 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
2.6300 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)

0.909

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Han et al. 2024

Instrument

18k Mosaic CCD camera

Publication

2024-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: KMT-2023-BLG-1866L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.510 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
6,210.00 parsec
Light-years 20,254.29 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 357,184,342 yr

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