Epic exoplanet 55 EP

KMT-2024-BLG-0404L b

RA 271.1471° · Dec -27.9535° · exoplanet

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Score breakdown

· 6 badges

55 pts · Epic

Epic 68 pts → Anomaly

Denser than iron +18
Found by microlensing +12
Distant (>1000 ly) +10
Multi-planet system +6
Confirmed exoplanet +5
Gas giant +4

Total score 55

13 more points to reach Anomaly.

Badges

Confirmed exoplanet · +5
Gas giant · +4
Denser than iron · +18
Multi-planet system · +6
Found by microlensing · +12
Distant (>1000 ly) · +10

Trivia

What makes it special

Heavyweight. Packed denser than solid iron.

Could we get there?

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

Getting there

Aboard Voyager 1. ≈ 413.2 million years at Voyager 1's speed (17 km/s).
Fastest probe ever. ≈ 36.7 million years even at the Parker Solar Probe's 192 km/s.
At 10% light speed. ≈ 235.2 thousand years in a starship at a tenth of light speed.
Distance. 23.5 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 47 thousand years round-trip.

By the numbers

Size. About 11.9× the width of Earth.
Volume. About 1685 Earths could fit inside it.
Mass. Roughly 8658× Earth's mass — about 27.2 Jupiters.
Your weight. You'd weigh about 61.1× your Earth weight standing here.
Density. Denser than solid iron.

How we found it

Discovery. Found by KMTNet using the microlensing method.

Cosmic context

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

Properties

density gcc: 28.2
discovery facility: KMTNet
discovery method: Microlensing
dist ly: 23515.8476
mass earth: 8657.6458
name: KMT-2024-BLG-0404L b
radius earth: 11.9
sys num planets: 2

About KMT-2024-BLG-0404L b

KMT-2024-BLG-0404L b is an epic exoplanet. It lies about 23,515.8 light-years from Earth, spans roughly 11.9 Earth radii, weighs about 8,657.65 Earth masses and belongs to a system of 2 known planets.

Packed denser than solid iron.

How to see it

Like any astronomical target, KMT-2024-BLG-0404L 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 KMT-2024-BLG-0404L b is an epic exoplanet

KMT-2024-BLG-0404L b scores 55 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the epic tier. Another 13 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 6 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant, Denser than iron, 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.