Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 6.56 Earth radii
A mass of 35.00 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 0.81 g
Semi-major axis 2.6000 AU
Distance from Earth 8,480.06 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.402
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 149,545,779 years

OGLE-2012-BLG-0950L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

6.56 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.585 R♃

Mass

35.00 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.110 M♃

Density

0.68 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

0.81 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.402

HZ Position Unknown

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016

Method Microlensing

Facility OGLE

Telescope 1.3 m Warsaw University Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#233of 574

top 40.4%

This planet

6.56R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

KMT-2021-BLG-0192L b 6.56 R⊕ KOI-94 e 6.56 R⊕ Kepler-297 c 6.54 R⊕

Metric	Earth	OGLE-2012-BLG-0950L b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	6.56	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	35.00	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	0.68	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	0.81	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Best measured mass	35.000 M⊕	Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.560 R⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 574

Mass 35.000 M⊕ · percentile 57 / cohort 574

Distance 2,600.00 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 572

ESI 0.402 · percentile 74 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

— days

Semi-major axis

2.6000 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)

0.402

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Koshimoto et al. 2017

Instrument

OGLE CCD Array

Publication

2017-01

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at OGLE (6 shown).

OGLE-2015-BLG-0966L b · Neptune-like OGLE-2014-BLG-0676L b · Gas Giant OGLE-2014-BLG-1760L b · Gas Giant OGLE-2007-BLG-349L AB c · Gas Giant OGLE-2015-BLG-0051L b · Gas Giant OGLE-2012-BLG-0724L b · Gas Giant

Host System: OGLE-2012-BLG-0950L

Spectral Class

M-type red dwarf

Effective Temperature

—

Estimated Age

—

Stellar Radius

—

Stellar Mass

0.570 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

—

Distance

2,600.00 parsec

Light-years 8,480.06 ly

V-band magnitude

— mag

Voyager-speed travel 149,545,779 yr