 Images from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope showing the difference in brightness of a star during the passage of the microlensing created by the exoplanet and its host star.[1] | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Kepler space telescope: Second light |
| Discovery date | March 31, 2022 |
| Gravitational microlensing | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 4.16 AU | |
| Star | K2-2016-BLG-0005L |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.23 RJ | |
| Mass | 1.1 MJ |
K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb is the most distant exoplanet discovered by the Kepler space telescope, being twice the distance of its previous record. Its distance is estimated at 16,960 ly from the Earth, being discovered on January 4, 2022, thanks to an effect of gravitational microlensing from a series of data recorded in 2016, then revealed on March 31, 2022.[1][2]
- ^ a b Specht, D.; et al. (2023). "Kepler K2Campaign 9 – II. First space-based discovery of an exoplanet using microlensing". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 520 (4): 6350–6366. arXiv:2203.16959. doi:10.1093/mnras/stad212.
- ^ Starr, Michelle (4 April 2022). "The Most Distant Exoplanet Ever Found by Kepler Is... Surprisingly Familiar". ScienceAlert. Retrieved 4 April 2022.