Rare exoplanet 37 EP

OGLE-2012-BLG-0026L b

RA 263.5779° · Dec -27.1427° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 5 badges

37 pts · Rare

Rare 46 pts → Epic

Found by microlensing +12
Distant (>1000 ly) +10
Multi-planet system +6
Confirmed exoplanet +5
Gas giant +4

Total score 37

9 more points to reach Epic.

Badges

Confirmed exoplanet · +5
Gas giant · +4
Multi-planet system · +6
Found by microlensing · +12
Distant (>1000 ly) · +10

Trivia

Could we get there?

Verdict. Impossible with our current technology — and the next millennium of it.

Getting there

Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 230.3 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
Fastest probe ever. ≈ 20.5 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
At 10% light speed. ≈ 131.1 thousand years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
Distance. 13.1 thousand light-years from Earth.

Look-back time

Look-back time. This light set out before Homo sapiens existed.

Saying hello

Say hello. A radio message and its reply would take 26.2 thousand years round-trip.

By the numbers

Size. About 7.7× the width of Earth.
Volume. About 460 Earths could fit inside it.
Mass. About 46.1× the mass of Earth.
Your weight. You'd weigh about 0.8× your Earth weight standing here.
Density. Less dense than water — drop it in a big enough ocean and it would float.

How we found it

Discovery. Found by OGLE using the microlensing method.

Cosmic context

Crowded system. One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.

Properties

density gcc: 0.551
discovery facility: OGLE
discovery method: Microlensing
dist ly: 13108.2096
mass earth: 46.1
name: OGLE-2012-BLG-0026L b
radius earth: 7.72
sys num planets: 2

About OGLE-2012-BLG-0026L b

OGLE-2012-BLG-0026L b is a rare exoplanet. It lies about 13,108.2 light-years from Earth, spans roughly 7.72 Earth radii, weighs about 46.1 Earth masses and belongs to a system of 2 known planets.

One of at least 2 planets orbiting its star.

How to see it

Like any astronomical target, OGLE-2012-BLG-0026L b is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why OGLE-2012-BLG-0026L b is a rare exoplanet

OGLE-2012-BLG-0026L b scores 37 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the rare tier. Another 9 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 5 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant, Multi-planet system, Found by microlensing and Distant (>1000 ly) — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.