OGLE-2018-BLG-0799Lb explained

Extrasolarplanet:yes
OGLE-2018-BLG-0799Lb
Apsis:astron
Discovery Site:OGLE
Discovered:October 2020
(published August 2022)
Discovery Method:Gravitional Microlensing
Mass:0.22

OGLE-2018-BLG-0799Lb is a sub-Saturn-mass exoplanet discovered by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) collaboration, through a gravitational microlensing event that occurred in May 2018. The discovery was announced in October 2020, and published in August 2022.

It has a mass of 0.22 Jupiter masses and is 14,400 light years away from earth. It orbits a dwarf star of approximately 0.08 solar masses.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New sub-Saturn-mass exoplanet discovered . phys.org . 26 November 2020 . en.