RA 268.3257° · Dec -30.4712° · exoplanet
2 more points to reach Rare.
OGLE-2012-BLG-0406L b is an uncommon exoplanet. It lies about 16,210 light-years from Earth, spans roughly 13.2 Earth radii, weighs about 868 Earth masses and belongs to a system of 1 known planets.
About 13.2× the width of Earth.
Like any astronomical target, OGLE-2012-BLG-0406L 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.
OGLE-2012-BLG-0406L b scores 31 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the uncommon tier. Another 2 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 4 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant, 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.