Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

OGLE-2013-BLG-0102L b

A gas giant orbiting the unknown OGLE-2013-BLG-0102L, located approximately 9,915.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4,100.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 27.10 g
  • Semi-major axis 0.8000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 9,915.14 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.348
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 174,853,526 years

OGLE-2013-BLG-0102L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.100 R♃
Mass
4,100.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
13.000 M♃
Density
12.10 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
27.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.348
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Microlensing
Facility OGLE
Telescope 1.3 m Warsaw University Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1349of 1771

top 76.1%

This planet

12.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth OGLE-2013-BLG-0102L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004,100.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5112.101.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0027.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4,100.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.300 R⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1771
Mass 4,100.000 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1747
Distance 3,040.00 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.348 · percentile 70 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
0.8000 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)

0.348

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Jung et al. 2015

Instrument

OGLE CCD Array

Publication

2015-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: OGLE-2013-BLG-0102L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.096 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
3,040.00 parsec
Light-years 9,915.14 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 174,853,526 yr

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