Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

OGLE-2017-BLG-0173L b

A super-earth orbiting the unknown OGLE-2017-BLG-0173L, located approximately 15,345.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.62 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.27 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.25 g
  • Semi-major axis 3.9130 AU
  • Distance from Earth 15,345.64 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.864
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 270,620,343 years

OGLE-2017-BLG-0173L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.62 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.145 R♃
Mass
3.27 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.23 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.864
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

#532of 1176

top 45.2%

This planet

1.62R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth OGLE-2017-BLG-0173L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.27317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.231.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 3.269 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.620 R⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.269 M⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 1176
Distance 4,705.00 pc · percentile 99 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.864 · percentile 95 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
3.9130 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)

0.864

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Hwang et al. 2018

Instrument

OGLE CCD Array

Publication

2018-01

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: OGLE-2017-BLG-0173L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.396 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
4,705.00 parsec
Light-years 15,345.64 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 270,620,343 yr

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