About OGLE-2017-BLG-1140L b
OGLE-2017-BLG-1140L b is a common exoplanet. It spans roughly 13.5 Earth radii, weighs about 505 Earth masses and belongs to a system of 1 known planets.
About 13.5× the width of Earth.
Common exoplanet 21 EP
OGLE-2017-BLG-1140L b
RA 266.8831° · Dec -24.5227° · exoplanet
Score breakdown
· 3 badgesCommon 24 pts → Uncommon
- Found by microlensing +12
- Confirmed exoplanet +5
- Gas giant +4
Total score 21
3 more points to reach Uncommon.
Badges
- Confirmed exoplanet · +5
- Gas giant · +4
- Found by microlensing · +12
Trivia
By the numbers
- Size. About 13.5× the width of Earth.
- Volume. About 2460 Earths could fit inside it.
- Mass. Roughly 505× Earth's mass — about 1.6 Jupiters.
- Your weight. You'd weigh about 2.8× your Earth weight standing here.
How we found it
- Discovery. Found by OGLE using the microlensing method.
Properties
- density gcc
- 1.13
- discovery facility
- OGLE
- discovery method
- Microlensing
- mass earth
- 505
- name
- OGLE-2017-BLG-1140L b
- radius earth
- 13.5
- sys num planets
- 1
How to see it
Like any astronomical target, OGLE-2017-BLG-1140L 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-2017-BLG-1140L b is a common exoplanet
OGLE-2017-BLG-1140L b scores 21 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 3 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Confirmed exoplanet, Gas giant and Found by microlensing — 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.