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OGLE-2012-BLG-0950L b
OGLE-2012-BLG-0950L b is a Neptune-like planet orbiting the star OGLE-2012-BLG-0950L. It was discovered in 2016 by the Microlensing method.
| Host star | OGLE-2012-BLG-0950L |
|---|---|
| Distance | 8,480 light-years (2,600 pc) |
| Orbital radius | 2.6 AU |
| Radius | 6.56 R⊕ · 0.585 R♃ |
| Mass | 35 M⊕ · 0.11 M♃ |
| Density | 0.681 g/cm³ |
| Surface gravity | 0.813 × Earth |
| Discovery method | Microlensing |
| Discovery year | 2016 |
| Discovered by | OGLE |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 19.98. Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 60° N. South of latitude 60° 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 8,480 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 150 million years.
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.