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KMT-2016-BLG-2142L

Unclassified star • 7010 pc

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Canonical Summary

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Stellar source: Jung et al. 2018 • System source: Jung et al. 2018

Mass

0.07 Msun

single adopted value

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Distance

7010 pc

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Known planets

1 planets linked to this host

KMT-2016-BLG-2142L b: A Microlensing World in the Galactic Distance

KMT-2016-BLG-2142L is a host star located 22,900 light-years away, with a reported mass of 0.073 solar masses. That estimate is smaller than the Sun's mass. One planet has been found around this star.

The planet, KMT-2016-BLG-2142L b, was discovered by microlensing in 2018. Its reported mass is 4,920 Earth masses, which is larger than Earth's mass and roughly 15.5 times Jupiter's mass. No orbital period is reported for KMT-2016-BLG-2142L b.

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Distancestable

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Massstable

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ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
—0.07————7010Jung et al. 2018Jung et al. 2018