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KMT-2018-BLG-0885L

Unclassified star • 6890 pc

Records

2

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: Han et al. 2023 • System source: Han et al. 2023

Mass

0.29 Msun

single adopted value

2 values • 1 distinct

Distance

6890 pc

single adopted value

2 values • 1 distinct

Planets

1

Stable across source rows

1

System Layout

Known planets

1 planets linked to this host

KMT-2018-BLG-0885L b: A Microlensing Discovery

KMT-2018-BLG-0885L is a host star located 22,500 light-years away, with a reported mass estimate of 0.29 solar masses. This places it below the Sun's mass. One planet has been found orbiting this star.

That planet, KMT-2018-BLG-0885L b, was discovered in 2023 through microlensing. No orbital period is reported for it. A mass estimate of 9,220 Earth masses has been reported, which is larger than Earth's mass and roughly 29 times Jupiter's mass.

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

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2

Stellar refs

1

System refs

1

Distancestable

2 values • 1 distinct

Massstable

2 values • 1 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
—0.29————6890Han et al. 2023Han et al. 2023
—0.29————6890Han et al. 2023Han et al. 2023