Exoplanet · gas giant
MOA-2011-BLG-293L b
MOA-2011-BLG-293L b is a gas giant orbiting the star MOA-2011-BLG-293L. Its year lasts 550 Earth days. It was discovered in 2012 by the Microlensing method.
| Host star | MOA-2011-BLG-293L |
|---|---|
| Distance | 25,200 light-years (7,720 pc) |
| Orbital period | 550 days |
| Orbital radius | 1.1 AU |
| Radius | 12.9 R⊕ · 1.15 R♃ |
| Mass | 1,500 M⊕ · 4.72 M♃ |
| Density | 3.84 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 9.01 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Microlensing |
| Discovery year | 2012 |
| Discovered by | MOA |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 20.01. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 62° N. South of latitude 62° 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 25 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 447 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.