Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

OGLE-2013-BLG-0132L b

A gas giant orbiting the unknown OGLE-2013-BLG-0132L, located approximately 12,720.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 11.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 92.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.68 g
  • Semi-major axis 3.6000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 12,720.08 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.277
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 224,318,669 years

OGLE-2013-BLG-0132L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
11.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.030 R♃
Mass
92.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.290 M♃
Density
0.32 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.68 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.277
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2017
Method Microlensing
Facility OGLE
Telescope 1.3 m Warsaw University Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1577of 1771

top 89.0%

This planet

11.60R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth OGLE-2013-BLG-0132L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0011.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0092.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.321.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.682.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 92.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 11.600 R⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1771
Mass 92.000 M⊕ · percentile 5 / cohort 1747
Distance 3,900.00 pc · percentile 92 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.277 · percentile 51 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
3.6000 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)

0.277

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Mr Oacute Z et al. 2017

Instrument

OGLE CCD Array

Publication

2017-11

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: OGLE-2013-BLG-0132L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.540 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
3,900.00 parsec
Light-years 12,720.08 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 224,318,669 yr

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