Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2024

OGLE-2023-BLG-0836L b

A gas giant orbiting the unknown OGLE-2023-BLG-0836L, located approximately 16,699.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.90 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,385.73 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 8.33 g
  • Semi-major axis 3.7000 AU
  • Distance from Earth 16,699.19 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.423
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 294,490,150 years
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Circumbinary planet

OGLE-2023-BLG-0836L b orbits a binary-star pair rather than a single host — a minority architecture in the confirmed catalogue.

OGLE-2023-BLG-0836L b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.90 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.150 R♃
Mass
1,385.73 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
4.360 M♃
Density
3.55 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
8.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.423
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2024
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

Metric Earth OGLE-2023-BLG-0836L b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.9011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,385.73317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.551.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.008.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,385.732 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.900 R⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,385.732 M⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1747
Distance 5,120.00 pc · percentile 93 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.423 · percentile 92 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
days
Semi-major axis
3.7000 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)

0.423

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Han et al. 2024

Instrument

OGLE CCD Array

Publication

2024-05

Observation locale

Ground

Host System: OGLE-2023-BLG-0836L

Spectral Class

Unknown

Effective Temperature

Estimated Age

Stellar Radius

Stellar Mass

0.710 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

Distance
5,120.00 parsec
Light-years 16,699.19 ly
V-band magnitude
mag
Voyager-speed travel 294,490,150 yr

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