Kojima-1Lb

Kojima-1Lb
Discovery
Discovered byTadashi Kojima
Discovery date2018[1]
microlensing method
Designations
TCP J05074264+2447555
Orbital characteristics
1.08+0.62
−0.18
 AU
[2]
Physical characteristics
Mass20±M🜨[2]

Kojima-1Lb (TCP J05074264+2447555) is an exoplanet discovered through the microlensing method. The host star lens was discovered by the amateur astronomer Tadashi Kojima (小嶋正).[3][4][5] At the time of its discovery it was the planet around the brightest microlensing host star and consequently around a nearby star,[2] as opposed to most of the microlensing planets, which are usually found around distant and inaccessible host stars. Kojima-1Lb is a mildly cold Neptune[2] around a red dwarf located 429±21 pc[6] from the solar system.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nucita et al. 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d Fukui, A.; Suzuki, D.; Koshimoto, N.; Bachelet, E.; Vanmunster, T.; Storey, D.; Maehara, H.; Yanagisawa, K.; Yamada, T.; Yonehara, A.; Hirano, T.; Bennett, D. P.; Bozza, V.; Mawet, D.; Penny, M. T. (2019-11-01). "Kojima-1Lb Is a Mildly Cold Neptune around the Brightest Microlensing Host Star". The Astronomical Journal. 158 (5): 206. arXiv:1909.11802. Bibcode:2019AJ....158..206F. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab487f. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 202888719.
  3. ^ "CBAT "Transient Object Followup Reports%quot;". www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  4. ^ "TCP J05074264+2447555: the new transient (10.8 mag) in Taurus is a microlensing event | aavso". www.aavso.org. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
  5. ^ "[vsolj-news] vsolj-news 335: Bright microlensing event in Taurus discovered by T. Kojima". www.cetus-net.org. Retrieved 2022-08-24. 小嶋正(こじまただし)さん
  6. ^ Zang, Weicheng; Dong, Subo; Gould, Andrew; Calchi Novati, Sebastiano; Chen, Ping; Yang, Hongjing; Li, Shun-Sheng; Mao, Shude; Alton, K. B.; Brimacombe, J.; Carey, Sean; Christie, G. W.; Delplancke-Ströbele, F.; Feliz, Dax L.; Gaudi, B. Scott (2020-07-01). "Spitzer + VLTI-GRAVITY Measure the Lens Mass of a Nearby Microlensing Event". The Astrophysical Journal. 897 (2): 180. arXiv:1912.00038. Bibcode:2020ApJ...897..180Z. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab9749. ISSN 0004-637X.