Mass
0.48 Msun
0.44 to 0.59
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OGLE-2012-BLG-0406L
Unclassified star • 3600 pc
Records
3
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
4
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: Poleski et al. 2014 • System source: Poleski et al. 2014
Distance
3600 pc
3600 to 5100
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
OGLE-2012-BLG-0406L b
Microlensing
◌
Discovery
2013
Period
—
Radius
—
Mass
868 M⊕
Eq. Temp
—
OGLE-2012-BLG-0406L b: A Microlensing Planet
OGLE-2012-BLG-0406L is a star 11,700 light-years away with one known planet. Its reported mass estimate is 0.48 solar masses, smaller than the Sun's.
The planet, OGLE-2012-BLG-0406L b, was discovered in 2013 by microlensing, a method that detects a planet when its gravity briefly brightens a background star. Its reported mass estimate is 868 Earth masses, larger than Earth's and roughly 2.73 times Jupiter's mass. No orbital period is reported for OGLE-2012-BLG-0406L b.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
3
Stellar refs
2
System refs
2
Distancedisputed
Massdisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 0.44 | — | — | — | — | 4970 | Tsapras et al. 2014 | Tsapras et al. 2014 |
| — | 0.48 | — | — | — | — | 3600 | Poleski et al. 2014 | Poleski et al. 2014 |
| — | 0.59 | — | — | — | — | 5100 | Poleski et al. 2014 | Poleski et al. 2014 |