b&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:OGLE-2007-BLG-349.jpg) Artist's impression of OGLE-2007-BLG-349(AB)b (foreground) orbiting its parent stars (upper right). | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Hubble Space Telescope |
| Discovery date | 22 September 2016 |
| Gravitational microlensing | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Star | OGLE-2007-BLG-349 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mass | 80 (± 13)[1] ME |
OGLE-2007-BLG-349(AB)b[note 1][2] is a circumbinary extrasolar planet about 8,000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius.[3] It is the first circumbinary exoplanet to be discovered using the microlensing method of detecting exoplanets.[1]
- ^ a b Bennett, D. P.; Rhie, S. H.; Udalski, A.; Gould, A.; Tsapras, Y.; Kubas, D.; Bond, I. A.; Greenhill, J.; Cassan, A. (September 21, 2016). "The First Circumbinary Planet Found by Microlensing: OGLE-2007-BLG-349L(AB)c". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (5): 125. arXiv:1609.06720. Bibcode:2016AJ....152..125B. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/5/125. S2CID 54034608.
- ^ "OGLE-2007-BLG-349L (AB) b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. October 28, 1995. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
- ^ "Hubble finds planet orbiting pair of stars 8,000 light-years away". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
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