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KMT-2016-BLG-0212L

Unclassified star โ€ข 6200 pc

Records

4

literature rows

Planets

1

system count

References

2

distinct source labels

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Canonical Summary

Adopted host values from one source row

Values come from the row with the most populated summary measurements. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.

Stellar source: Hwang et al. 2018 โ€ข System source: Hwang et al. 2018

Mass

0.36 Msun

0.36 to 0.48

4 values โ€ข 3 distinct

Distance

6200 pc

6000 to 6300

4 values โ€ข 3 distinct

Planets

1

Stable across source rows

1

System Layout

Known planets

1 planets linked to this host

โ—Œ

Discovery

2018

Period

โ€”

Radius

โ€”

Mass

5700 MโŠ•

Eq. Temp

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KMT-2016-BLG-0212L b: A Microlensing Planet in the Galactic Distance

KMT-2016-BLG-0212L is a star 20200 light-years away. Its reported mass estimate is 0.36 solar masses, smaller than the Sun's. One planet is known to orbit this host.

That planet, KMT-2016-BLG-0212L b, was discovered by microlensing in 2018. Its reported mass estimate is 5700 Earth masses, larger than Earth's and roughly 17.9 times Jupiter's mass. No orbital period is reported for KMT-2016-BLG-0212L b.

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

4

Stellar refs

1

System refs

1

Distancedisputed

4 values โ€ข 3 distinct

Massdisputed

4 values โ€ข 3 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
โ€”0.39โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”6000Hwang et al. 2018Hwang et al. 2018
โ€”0.48โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”6300Hwang et al. 2018Hwang et al. 2018
โ€”0.36โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”6200Hwang et al. 2018Hwang et al. 2018
โ€”0.39โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”6000Hwang et al. 2018Hwang et al. 2018