Exoplanet

OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L b

Orbiting OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L

Overview

OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L b is an exoplanet orbiting the star OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L, discovered in 2019 using the Microlensing method.

Key Measurements

Mass

1500.00

Earth masses

0500 M⊕

Orbital Period

5480.0

days

0.1d10,000d

Distance

3200.0

parsecs

Nearby10,000 pc

Radius (Earth radii)

Unknown

Mass (Earth masses)

1500.00

Measured

Equilibrium Temperature

Unknown

Parameter source: Han et al. 2019

Orbital Period

5480.000+1200.000−1200.000days

Semi-Major Axis

5.0000+0.3000−0.3000au

Planet Mass (Earth masses)

1500.00+200.00−200.00

Planet Mass (Jupiter masses)

4.8000+0.6000−0.6000

Eccentricity

0.0000

Distance from Earth

3200.0 pc (~10437 ly)

Spectral Type

G V

Temperature

5912 K

Mass (Solar)

1.00 M☉

Radius (Solar)

Unknown

Luminosity

Unknown

Planets in System

1

Stars in System

1

Coordinates (RA, Dec)

272.1770°, -29.8358°

Discovery Method

Microlensing

Discovery Year

2019

Data Sources
NASA Exoplanet Archive

Source ID: OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L b

System Context

OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L b orbits OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L and was reported in 2019 and was detected with the Microlensing method.

Published measurements list a mass of 1,500 Earth masses and an orbital period of 5,480 days.

Catalog data places the system at about 3,200 parsecs from Earth, a host star classified as G V, and 1 known planet in the system.

Host star

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