Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

OGLE-2015-BLG-0954L b

A gas giant orbiting the unknown OGLE-2015-BLG-0954L, located approximately 3,913.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 13.10 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,100.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 6.41 g
  • Semi-major axis 1.6000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 3,913.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.406
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 69,021,129 years

OGLE-2015-BLG-0954L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.10 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.170 R♃
Mass
1,100.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
3.400 M♃
Density
2.69 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
6.41 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.406
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Microlensing
Facility KMTNet
Telescope 1.6 m wide-field telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#910of 1771

top 51.3%

This planet

13.10R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth OGLE-2015-BLG-0954L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.1011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,100.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.691.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.006.412.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,100.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 13.100 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,100.000 M⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 1747
Distance 1,200.00 pc · percentile 88 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.406 · percentile 87 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
1.6000 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)

0.406

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Shin et al. 2016

Instrument

18k Mosaic CCD camera

Publication

2016-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: OGLE-2015-BLG-0954L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.300 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
1,200.00 parsec
Light-years 3,913.87 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 69,021,129 yr

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