Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

OGLE-2017-BLG-1434L b

A super-earth orbiting the unknown OGLE-2017-BLG-1434L, located approximately 2,804.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.94 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.43 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.18 g
  • Semi-major axis 1.1800 AU
  • Distance from Earth 2,804.94 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.797
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 49,465,142 years

OGLE-2017-BLG-1434L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.94 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.173 R♃
Mass
4.43 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.014 M♃
Density
3.33 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.797
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

#79of 1176

top 6.6%

This planet

1.94R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth OGLE-2017-BLG-1434L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.43317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.331.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.182.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 4.430 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.940 R⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.430 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1176
Distance 860.00 pc · percentile 72 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.797 · percentile 89 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
1.1800 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)

0.797

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Udalski et al. 2018

Instrument

OGLE CCD Array

Publication

2018-03

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: OGLE-2017-BLG-1434L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.234 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
860.00 parsec
Light-years 2,804.94 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 49,465,142 yr

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