KMT-2018-BLG-1976L is a Sun-like G-type star (about 0.65 solar masses, 5,778 K), 5,840 light-years from Earth. KMT-2018-BLG-1976L b is a 2.22-Jupiter-mass companion, at 3.540 AU from its star, discovered in 2021 via microlensing. Microlensing detections occur when a foreground star's gravity briefly magnifies a background source, revealing planets that are otherwise too faint and distant to observe directly. KMT-2018-BLG-1976L b circles in the outer system, comparable to the Jupiter region. At roughly 5,840 light-years, KMT-2018-BLG-1976L lies far beyond the nearest stars yet remains reachable to large survey telescopes.

KMT-2018-BLG-1976L - System

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