Temperature
5200 K
single adopted value
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KMT-2021-BLG-0171L
Unclassified star • 4400 pc
Records
11
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: Yang et al. 2022 • System source: Yang et al. 2022
Mass
0.74 Msun
0.74 to 0.83
Distance
4400 pc
4400 to 4900
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
KMT-2021-BLG-0171L b
Microlensing
◌
Discovery
2022
Period
—
Radius
—
Mass
11.20 M⊕
Eq. Temp
—
KMT-2021-BLG-0171L b: A Microlensing Planet Around a Cool Star
KMT-2021-BLG-0171L is a star located 14400 light-years from Earth, and it is host to one known planet. The star has a mass of 0.74 solar masses and a temperature of 5200 K, which is cooler than the Sun's.
The single known planet, KMT-2021-BLG-0171L b, was discovered in 2022 by microlensing. Its mass is 11.2 Earth masses, larger than Earth's. No orbital period is reported for KMT-2021-BLG-0171L b.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
11
Stellar refs
1
System refs
1
Distancedisputed
Temperaturestable
Massdisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5200 | 0.78 | — | — | — | — | 4600 | Yang et al. 2022 | Yang et al. 2022 |
| 5200 | 0.81 | — | — | — | — | 4800 | Yang et al. 2022 | Yang et al. 2022 |
| 5200 | 0.78 | — | — | — | — | 4600 | Yang et al. 2022 | Yang et al. 2022 |
| 5200 | 0.80 | — | — | — | — | 4700 | Yang et al. 2022 | Yang et al. 2022 |
| 5200 | 0.76 | — | — | — | — | 4500 | Yang et al. 2022 | Yang et al. 2022 |
| 5200 | 0.78 | — | — | — | — | 4600 | Yang et al. 2022 | Yang et al. 2022 |
| 5200 | 0.74 | — | — | — | — | 4400 | Yang et al. 2022 | Yang et al. 2022 |
| 5200 | 0.83 | — | — | — | — | 4900 | Yang et al. 2022 | Yang et al. 2022 |
| 5200 | 0.79 | — | — | — | — | 4800 | Yang et al. 2022 | Yang et al. 2022 |
| 5200 | 0.83 | — | — | — | — | 4900 | Yang et al. 2022 | Yang et al. 2022 |
| 5200 | 0.78 | — | — | — | — | 4700 | Yang et al. 2022 | Yang et al. 2022 |