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OGLE-2016-BLG-0613L AB b

OGLE-2016-BLG-0613L AB b is a gas giant orbiting the star OGLE-2016-BLG-0613L AB. It was discovered in 2017 by the Microlensing method.

Host starOGLE-2016-BLG-0613L AB
Distance11,100 light-years (3,410 pc)
Orbital radius6.4 AU
Radius13 R⊕ · 1.16 R♃
Mass1,330 M⊕ · 4.18 M♃
Density3.33 g/cm³
Surface gravity7.87 × Earth
Discovery methodMicrolensing
Discovery year2017
Discovered byOGLE

In the sky

A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 19.18. 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 11 thousand 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 197 million years.

Open in the simulation

Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.