Exoplanet · gas giant
KMT-2017-BLG-2331L b
KMT-2017-BLG-2331L b is a gas giant orbiting the star KMT-2017-BLG-2331L. It was discovered in 2024 by the Microlensing method.
| Host star | KMT-2017-BLG-2331L |
|---|---|
| Distance | 26,200 light-years (8,030 pc) |
| Orbital radius | 2.14 AU |
| Radius | 14.2 R⊕ · 1.27 R♃ |
| Mass | 171 M⊕ · 0.538 M♃ |
| Density | 0.328 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 0.848 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Microlensing |
| Discovery year | 2024 |
| Discovered by | KMTNet |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 25.03. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 61° N. South of latitude 61° 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 26 thousand years ago. At that time Homo sapiens was spreading out of Africa; there was no farming yet. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 465 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.