Exoplanet · gas giant
KMT-2016-BLG-2321L b
KMT-2016-BLG-2321L b is a gas giant orbiting the star KMT-2016-BLG-2321L. It was discovered in 2024 by the Microlensing method.
| Host star | KMT-2016-BLG-2321L |
|---|---|
| Distance | 11,700 light-years (3,580 pc) |
| Orbital radius | 3.58 AU |
| Radius | 13.8 R⊕ · 1.23 R♃ |
| Mass | 302 M⊕ · 0.95 M♃ |
| Density | 0.631 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 1.59 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Microlensing |
| Discovery year | 2024 |
| Discovered by | KMTNet |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 19.21. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 64° N. South of latitude 64° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out 12 thousand years ago. At that time the first farming villages were being founded; there was no writing yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 207 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.