MOA-2008-BLG-310L explained

MOA-2008-BLG-310L is a 23rd magnitude star located at least 20000 light years away in the constellation Scorpius. This star has mass 0.67 solar masses which imply that it could probably be a late K-type star.

Planetary system

In 2009 during a microlensing event, a planet was found orbiting this star at a distance of 1.25 AU and has mass 0.23 times that of Jupiter.

See also

• MOA-2007-BLG-192L
• OGLE-2005-BLG-390L
• List of extrasolar planets

References

• Sub-Saturn Planet MOA-2008-BLG-310Lb: Likely To Be In The Galactic Bulge . . 2010 . 711 . 2 . 731–743 . 10.1088/0004-637X/711/2/731 . Janczak . Julia . Dong . Subo . Monard . L. A. G. . Kozłowski . Szymon . Gould . A. . Beaulieu . J. P. . Kubas . Daniel . Marquette . J. B. . Sumi . T. . 1 . 2010ApJ...711..731J. 0908.0529 . 119217995 .
• 2012MNRAS.426.1496I. 1208.0174. Polarization in microlensing events towards the Galactic bulge. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 426. 2. 1496. Ingrosso. G.. Calchi Novati. S.. De Paolis. F.. Jetzer. Ph.. Nucita. A. A.. Strafella. F.. Zakharov. A. F.. 2012. 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21820.x. 118594156.