Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

OGLE-2014-BLG-0124L b

A gas giant orbiting the unknown OGLE-2014-BLG-0124L, located approximately 11,415.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 206.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • Semi-major axis 3.4800 AU
  • Distance from Earth 11,415.46 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.273
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 201,311,626 years

OGLE-2014-BLG-0124L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.250 R♃
Mass
206.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.650 M♃
Density
0.41 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.273
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Microlensing
Facility OGLE
Telescope 1.3 m Warsaw University Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#371of 1771

top 20.9%

This planet

14.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth OGLE-2014-BLG-0124L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00206.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.411.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 206.588 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.100 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1771
Mass 206.588 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1747
Distance 3,500.00 pc · percentile 92 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.273 · percentile 50 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
3.4800 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)

0.273

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Udalski et al. 2015

Instrument

OGLE CCD Array

Publication

2015-02

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2015 at OGLE (2 shown).

Host System: OGLE-2014-BLG-0124L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.900 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
3,500.00 parsec
Light-years 11,415.46 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 201,311,626 yr

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