MOA-2011-BLG-262L

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MOA-2011-BLG-262L
Observation data
Epoch J2000        Equinox J2000
Constellation Sagittarius [1]
Right ascension 18h 00m 23.48s [2]
Declination −31° 14′ 42.93″ [2]
Characteristics
Apparent magnitude  (K)22.3
Astrometry
Distance 24,400±3,000  ly
(7,490±910  pc) [3]
Details [3]
Mass 0.193±0.029  M☉
Database references
SIMBAD data

MOA-2011-BLG-262L is a red dwarf with an orbiting exoplanet, both detected through the gravitational microlensing event MOA-2011-BLG-262. [3] It was once believed to be either an exoplanet with 3.2 times the mass of Jupiter and a exomoon with 0.47 times Earth's mass or a red dwarf with a mass of 0.11 solar masses orbited by a ~17 M🜨 planet, [2] [4] but the latter scenario was confirmed in 2024 based on observations of the host star by the Keck telescope, 10 years after the ending of the microlensing event. [3]

An artist's rendition of the system as a rogue planet with a moon (left) and a star with a planet (right); since 2024, the scenario on the right has been confirmed as the actual system PIA17998-NASA-FirstExomoonCandidate-Or-StarPlanet-20140410.jpg
An artist's rendition of the system as a rogue planet with a moon (left) and a star with a planet (right); since 2024, the scenario on the right has been confirmed as the actual system

The system is located 24,400  light-years from Earth, in the constellation Sagittarius. [1] The host star is a red dwarf, with 19% the Sun's mass and a faint apparent magnitude of 22.3 in the K-band. It has a transverse velocity of 541.3±65.75  km/s , the highest ever found for any star with a known exoplanet. [3]

The MOA-2011-BLG-262L planetary system [3]
Companion
(in order from star)		 Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)		 Orbital period
(days)		 Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b28.92±4.75  M🜨 0.98+0.56
−0.20		————

References

  1. 1 2 "Finding the constellation which contains given sky coordinates". djm.cc. 2 August 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 Bennett, D.P.; Batista, V.; et al. (13 December 2013). "A Sub-Earth-Mass Moon Orbiting a Gas Giant Primary or a High Velocity Planetary System in the Galactic Bulge". The Astrophysical Journal. 785 (2): 155. arXiv: 1312.3951 . Bibcode:2014ApJ...785..155B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/155. S2CID   118327512.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Terry, Sean K.; Beaulieu, Jean-Philippe; Bennett, David P.; Bhattacharya, Aparna; Hulberg, Jon; Huston, Macy J.; Koshimoto, Naoki; Blackman, Joshua W.; Bond, Ian A.; Cole, Andrew A.; Lu, Jessica R.; Ranc, Clément; Rektsini, Natalia E.; Vandorou, Aikaterini (2024-10-11). "A Candidate High-velocity Exoplanet System in the Galactic Bulge". The Astronomical Journal . 169 (3): 131. arXiv: 2410.09147 . Bibcode:2025AJ....169..131T. doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/ad9b0f . ISSN   0004-6256.
  4. ↑ Clavin, Whitney (10 April 2014). "Faraway Moon or Faint Star? Possible Exomoon Found". NASA. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
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