Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2013

OGLE-2012-BLG-0358L b

A gas giant orbiting the unknown OGLE-2012-BLG-0358L, located approximately 5,740.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 588.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 3.27 g
  • Semi-major axis 0.8700 AU
  • Distance from Earth 5,740.35 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.360
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 101,230,989 years

OGLE-2012-BLG-0358L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.200 R♃
Mass
588.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
1.850 M♃
Density
1.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
3.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.360
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2013
Method Microlensing
Facility OGLE
Telescope 1.3 m Warsaw University Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#730of 1771

top 41.2%

This planet

13.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth OGLE-2012-BLG-0358L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00588.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.003.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 588.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.400 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1771
Mass 588.000 M⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1747
Distance 1,760.00 pc · percentile 90 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.360 · percentile 73 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
0.8700 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)

0.360

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Han et al. 2013

Instrument

OGLE CCD Array

Publication

2013-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: OGLE-2012-BLG-0358L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.022 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
1,760.00 parsec
Light-years 5,740.35 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 101,230,989 yr

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