OGLE-2016-BLG-0007(also known as MOA-2016-BLG-088L) is a Galactic bulge star believed to be of spectral type K, located approximately 14,020 light-years or 4,300 parsecs from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius.
Planetary system
The star OGLE-2016-BLG-0007L has one known planet, discovered in 2025 using the gravitational microlensing method. The object, named OGLE-2016-BLG-0007Lb, is a super-Earth with a mass of and is located at a distance of 10.1 astronomical units, similar to Saturn's distance from the Sun. The exoplanet's orbital period is approximately 39 years. The radius of OGLE-2016-BLG-0007Lb has not been measured, but it was estimated by the NASA Eyes on Exoplanets program to be 1.09 R🜨. Scientists believe this object is the core of a giant planet that did not have enough time to accumulate gas from the protoplanetary disk to become a gas giant similar to Jupiter or Saturn.
See also List of extrasolar planets Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment or OGLE References
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