Gaia22dkvL b: A Microlensing Discovery

Gaia22dkvL is a host star located 3390 light-years from Earth. It has a mass of 1.05 solar masses, meaning its mass is 1.05 times that of the Sun. One planet has been found orbiting this star: Gaia22dkvL b. The star is a single-star system, so Gaia22dkvL b is the only known planet orbiting this host.

Gaia22dkvL b was discovered in 2024 using the microlensing method, which detects a planet when its gravity briefly brightens the light of a background star. The planet's reported mass is 188 Earth masses, larger than Earth's mass. No orbital period is reported for Gaia22dkvL b, so the length of its year is unknown.