What it’s like to stand here
OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L b
- weight
- 9.01 g
- sky
- warm white
Illustration computed from this world’s measured and derived values, not a photograph.
Gas giant
OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L b
Microlensing: spotted when its gravity briefly magnified the light of a more distant star.
OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L →
host star
12.90 R⊕
radius · estimated
1,500 M⊕
mass · microlensing (model-dependent)
15.0 years
orbital period
–
avg temp
What it's like to stand here
9.01 g
surface gravity (no solid surface · measured mass)
15.0 years
one year, in Earth time
–
sun size, needs orbit
warm white
midday sky tint
0.1×
how high you could jump vs Earth
normal
day/night cycle (not tidally locked)
How long to get there · 10,437 ly away
Jet airliner
12.5 billion years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Parker Solar Probethe fastest craft ever built
16.3 million years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Light speed
10,437 years
dies en route1000-yr cryo: fails
Warp 10
10 years
arrives, just older
Folding spacetime
instant
arrives thriving
Size vs Earth
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L bGas giant
PlanetHU Aqr AB csimilar world
SystemKMT-2021-BLG-0119L370 ly
Sky regionSagittariusthis direction
Host star
OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L
G V · 1 planet
Sibling worlds in this system
No other confirmed planets here yet. New ones auto-appear as telescopes report.
Nearby star systems
Zoom out: star → system → (soon) galaxy arm, host black hole, and a real image of the host galaxy.
Can you see it tonight? · observe
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Host-star brightnessmag 18.2
ConstellationSagittarius →
To see the host star10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Gear bridge
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Illustration generated from OGLE-2018-BLG-0740L b's confirmed parameters, not a photograph.