Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

OGLE-2016-BLG-1190L b

A gas giant orbiting the unknown OGLE-2016-BLG-1190L, located approximately 22,080.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4,253.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 28.11 g
  • An orbital period of 1,220.000 days
  • Semi-major axis 2.1700 AU
  • Distance from Earth 22,080.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.343
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 389,394,202 years

OGLE-2016-BLG-1190L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.100 R♃
Mass
4,253.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
13.380 M♃
Density
12.60 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
28.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.343
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

#1349of 1771

top 76.1%

This planet

12.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth OGLE-2016-BLG-1190L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004,253.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5112.601.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0028.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4,253.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.300 R⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1771
Mass 4,253.000 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 1,220.00 d · percentile 80 / cohort 1533
Distance 6,770.00 pc · percentile 97 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.343 · percentile 69 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1,220.000 days
Semi-major axis
2.1700 AU
Eccentricity
0.420
Inclination
41.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 3.34 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 2.1700 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.343

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Ryu et al. 2018

Instrument

OGLE CCD Array

Publication

2018-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: OGLE-2016-BLG-1190L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.880 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
6,770.00 parsec
Light-years 22,080.76 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 389,394,202 yr

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