Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

OGLE-2016-BLG-1266L b

A gas giant orbiting the unknown OGLE-2016-BLG-1266L, located approximately 10,045.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.40 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3,813.94 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 24.80 g
  • Semi-major axis 0.4300 AU
  • Distance from Earth 10,045.60 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.359
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 177,154,231 years

OGLE-2016-BLG-1266L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.40 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.100 R♃
Mass
3,813.94 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
12.000 M♃
Density
11.00 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
24.80 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.359
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Microlensing
Facility OGLE
Telescope 1.3 m Warsaw University Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1298of 1771

top 73.2%

This planet

12.40R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth OGLE-2016-BLG-1266L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.4011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003,813.94317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.5111.001.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0024.802.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3,813.941 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.400 R⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1771
Mass 3,813.941 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1747
Distance 3,080.00 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.359 · percentile 73 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
0.4300 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)

0.359

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Albrow et al. 2018

Instrument

OGLE CCD Array

Publication

2018-05

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: OGLE-2016-BLG-1266L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.015 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
3,080.00 parsec
Light-years 10,045.60 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 177,154,231 yr

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