Exoplanet · gas giant
OGLE-2012-BLG-0563L b
OGLE-2012-BLG-0563L b is a gas giant orbiting the star OGLE-2012-BLG-0563L. It was discovered in 2015 by the Microlensing method.
| Host star | OGLE-2012-BLG-0563L |
|---|---|
| Distance | 4,240 light-years (1,300 pc) |
| Orbital radius | 0.74 AU |
| Radius | 13.6 R⊕ · 1.21 R♃ |
| Mass | 120 M⊕ · 0.378 M♃ |
| Density | 0.262 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 0.649 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Microlensing |
| Discovery year | 2015 |
| Discovered by | OGLE |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 22.51. 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 4,240 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 75 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.