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MOA 2008 BLG 310Lb

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Projected separation
  
(d)

Discoverer(s)
  
Janczak et al.

Discovery status
  
Published

Discovery date
  
August 4, 2009

Discovery site
  
Paranal Observatory

MOA-2008-BLG-310Lb is an extrasolar planet which orbits probably the late K-type star MOA-2008-BLG-310L, located at least 20000 light years away in the constellation Scorpius. This planet has mass 23% of Jupiter or 77% of Saturn and orbits at 1.25 AU from the star. This planet was discovered by using the gravitational microlensing method on August 4, 2009. As it is typical for exoplanets detected by microlensing method, the orbital period and eccentricity are not determined.

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MOA-2008-BLG-310Lb Wikipedia