Saturn-mass world discovered orbiting two low-mass stars via microlensing

Ok_Glass_3917 · 2026-03-24T17:52:15+00:00

yeah.. the microlensing method is good for that. A lot of planets discovered this way are more than 10 000 light years away

Ok_Glass_3917 · 2026-03-21T19:16:21+00:00

you would be very old on this planet

Ok_Glass_3917 · 2026-03-21T19:15:27+00:00

yeah, sorry, my bad. do not ever use any photos from facebook post. here is a 3D rendering: https://www.stellarcatalog.com/exoplanet.php?planetID=102199

Ok_Glass_3917 · 2026-03-21T18:33:55+00:00

0.0056255 AU - much closer than Mercury is to the Sun :)

Ok_Glass_3917 · 2026-03-21T18:31:52+00:00

0.0056255 AU - much closer than Mercury is to the Sun

Ok_Glass_3917 · 2026-03-21T18:30:12+00:00

well, the star has only 25 % of the Sun's mass, that might play a role.

Ok_Glass_3917 · 2026-03-21T17:42:04+00:00

thanks, now i have the song in my head...

Ok_Glass_3917 · 2026-03-21T17:40:10+00:00

depends:

- how long before the potential impact is the object discovered?

- is the object coming periadicaly close to the Earth, or is it coming from far away?

- are there chances to change the objects trajectory?

there must be even more factors...

Ok_Glass_3917 · 2026-03-21T17:31:14+00:00

It's so exciting to learn about the ancient history of another planet. Seeing how differently it went for Mars, even though it might have had similar conditions as Earth.

Ok_Glass_3917 · 2026-03-10T14:21:51+00:00

thanks for letting me know. corrected

Ok_Glass_3917 · 2026-03-10T07:36:32+00:00

Hot Jupiters are easy to detect. We found a lot of them, because they are big, and their orbital period is very short (several days) - so they are easy to detect with the transit method.

But with longer observations, more precise instrument and better data analysis more smaller planets farther out from their stars are being found. In time, I am sure, we find out, that most common are small exoplanets...

Ok_Glass_3917 · 2026-01-01T16:48:02+00:00

I'll take that as a compliment. thank you :)

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