Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 12.90 Earth radii
A mass of 1,500.00 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 9.01 g
An orbital period of 5,480.000 days
Semi-major axis 5.0000 AU
Distance from Earth 10,436.99 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.426
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 184,056,344 years

OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

12.90 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

1.150 R♃

Mass

1,500.00 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

4.800 M♃

Density

3.84 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

9.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.426

HZ Position Unknown

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019

Method Microlensing

Facility OGLE

Telescope 1.3 m Warsaw University Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1011of 1771

top 57.0%

This planet

12.90R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

HD 55696 b 12.90 R⊕ HD 24040 b 12.90 R⊕ BD-210397 c 12.90 R⊕

Metric	Earth	OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	12.90	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	1,500.00	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	3.84	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	9.01	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	—	0.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method	Value	Interpretation
Best measured mass	1,500.000 M⊕	Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.900 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1771

Mass 1,500.000 M⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1747

Orbital period 5,480.00 d · percentile 93 / cohort 1533

Distance 3,200.00 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 1759

ESI 0.426 · percentile 93 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

5,480.000 days

Semi-major axis

5.0000 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

— °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 15.00 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 5.0000 AU.

Eq. Temperature

—

Insolation (S⊕)

—

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.426

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Han et al. 2019

Instrument

OGLE CCD Array

Publication

2019-09

Observation locale

Ground

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2019 at OGLE (7 shown).

OGLE-2018-BLG-0596L b · Sub-Neptune OGLE-2015-BLG-1670L b · Neptune-like OGLE-2018-BLG-1011L c · Gas Giant OGLE-2013-BLG-0911L b · Gas Giant OGLE-2015-BLG-1649L b · Gas Giant OGLE-2018-BLG-1011L b · Gas Giant OGLE-2016-BLG-1067L b · Gas Giant

Host System: OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,912 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

—

Stellar Radius

—

Stellar Mass

1.000 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.24

Distance

3,200.00 parsec

Light-years 10,436.99 ly

V-band magnitude

18.21 mag

Voyager-speed travel 184,056,344 yr