The KMT-2021-BLG-0171L system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 15003.18 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.78 solar masses |
Radius | 0.74 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5200 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | - decimal exponent |
Age | - billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, KMT-2021-BLG-0171L b is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
Mass | 11.200 Earth masses |
Density | 1.640 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.350 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 3.5 AU |
Eccentricity | NaN |
Orbital Period | NaN days |
Discovery Method | Microlensing |
Discovery Facility | KMTNet |
Discovery Telescope | 1.6 m wide-field telescope |
Discovery Instrument | 18k Mosaic CCD camera |
Discovery Date | 2022-07 |
Reference | Yang et al. 2022 |