Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2022

OGLE-2016-BLG-1093L b

A gas giant orbiting the unknown OGLE-2016-BLG-1093L, located approximately 26,483.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 14.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 225.66 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.15 g
  • Semi-major axis 2.1300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 26,483.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.281
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 467,042,972 years

OGLE-2016-BLG-1093L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
14.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.250 R♃
Mass
225.66 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.710 M♃
Density
0.45 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.281
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2022
Method Microlensing
Facility OGLE
Telescope 1.3 m Warsaw University Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#415of 1771

top 23.4%

This planet

14.00R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth OGLE-2016-BLG-1093L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0014.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00225.66317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.451.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.152.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 225.658 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 14.000 R⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1771
Mass 225.658 M⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 1747
Distance 8,120.00 pc · percentile 100 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.281 · percentile 52 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
2.1300 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)

0.281

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Shin et al. 2022

Instrument

OGLE CCD Array

Publication

2022-06

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: OGLE-2016-BLG-1093L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.460 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
8,120.00 parsec
Light-years 26,483.87 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 467,042,972 yr

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