Exoplanet · mini-Neptune
KMT-2018-BLG-1988L b
KMT-2018-BLG-1988L b is a mini-Neptune orbiting the star KMT-2018-BLG-1988L. It was discovered in 2022 by the Microlensing method.
| Host star | KMT-2018-BLG-1988L |
|---|---|
| Distance | 13,500 light-years (4,150 pc) |
| Orbital radius | 3.09 AU |
| Radius | 2.22 R⊕ · 0.198 R♃ |
| Mass | 5.56 M⊕ · 0.0175 M♃ |
| Density | 2.79 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 1.13 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Microlensing |
| Discovery year | 2022 |
| Discovered by | KMTNet |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.32. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 54° N. South of latitude 54° 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 14 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 240 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.