Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

MOA-2013-BLG-605L b

A super-earth orbiting the unknown MOA-2013-BLG-605L, located approximately 2,772.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.62 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.24 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.23 g
  • Semi-major axis 0.9300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 2,772.33 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.863
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 48,889,966 years

MOA-2013-BLG-605L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.62 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.144 R♃
Mass
3.24 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.19 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.23 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.863
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Microlensing
Facility MOA
Telescope 1.8 m MOA Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#532of 1176

top 45.2%

This planet

1.62R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth MOA-2013-BLG-605L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.24317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.191.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.232.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3.240 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.620 R⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.240 M⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1176
Distance 850.00 pc · percentile 72 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.863 · percentile 94 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
0.9300 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)

0.863

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Sumi et al. 2016

Instrument

MOA CCD Array

Publication

2016-07

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: MOA-2013-BLG-605L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.024 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
850.00 parsec
Light-years 2,772.33 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 48,889,966 yr

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