Exoplanet · gas giant
MOA-2010-BLG-073L b
MOA-2010-BLG-073L b is a gas giant orbiting the star MOA-2010-BLG-073L. It was discovered in 2012 by the Microlensing method.
| Host star | MOA-2010-BLG-073L |
|---|---|
| Distance | 9,132 light-years (2,800 pc) |
| Orbital radius | 1.21 AU |
| Radius | 12.4 R⊕ · 1.11 R♃ |
| Mass | 3,500 M⊕ · 11 M♃ |
| Density | 10.1 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 22.8 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Microlensing |
| Discovery year | 2012 |
| Discovered by | MOA |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 30.00. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 63° N. South of latitude 63° 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 9,132 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 162 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.