OGLE-2006-BLG-109L c
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OGLE-2006-BLG-109Lc is an extrasolar planet
approximately 4,920 light-year
s away in the constellation
of Sagittarius
. The planet was detected orbiting the star OGLE-2006-BLG-109L
in 2008 by a research team using Microlensing. The host star is about 50% the mass of the Sun
and the planet is about 90% the mass of Saturn
.
Extrasolar planet
An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars...
approximately 4,920 light-year
Light-year
A light-year, also light year or lightyear is a unit of length, equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres...
s away in the constellation
Constellation
In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....
of Sagittarius
Sagittarius (constellation)
Sagittarius is a constellation of the zodiac, the one containing the galactic center. Its name is Latin for the archer, and its symbol is , a stylized arrow. Sagittarius is commonly represented as a centaur drawing a bow...
. The planet was detected orbiting the star OGLE-2006-BLG-109L
OGLE-2006-BLG-109L
OGLE-2006-BLG-109L is a dim magnitude 17 unclassified galactic bulge star approximately 4,920 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius.- Planetary system :...
in 2008 by a research team using Microlensing. The host star is about 50% the mass of the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
and the planet is about 90% the mass of Saturn
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn is named after the Roman god Saturn, equated to the Greek Cronus , the Babylonian Ninurta and the Hindu Shani. Saturn's astronomical symbol represents the Roman god's sickle.Saturn,...
.
See also
- Optical Gravitational Lensing ExperimentOptical Gravitational Lensing ExperimentThe Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment or OGLE is a Polish astronomical project based at the University of Warsaw that is chiefly concerned with discovering dark matter using the microlensing technique. Since the project began in 1992, it has discovered several extrasolar planets as a side...
or OGLE - 47 Ursae Majoris b47 Ursae Majoris b47 Ursae Majoris b is an extrasolar planet approximately 46 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Ursa Major. The planet was discovered located in a long-period orbit around the star 47 Ursae Majoris in January 1996 and as of 2011 is the innermost of three known planets in its planetary...
- OGLE-2005-BLG-390LbOGLE-2005-BLG-390LbOGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb is a 'super-Earth' extrasolar planet orbiting the star OGLE-2005-BLG-390L, which is situated 21,500 ± 3,300 light years away from Earth, near the center of the Milky Way galaxy...
- OGLE-2006-BLG-109Lb