OGLE-2005-BLG-169L
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OGLE-2005-BLG-169L is a star about 2,700 parsecs away in the constellation Sagittarius. If it is a main sequence star, then it is most likely a red dwarf with about half of the mass of the Sun. Other possibilities are a white dwarf star, or (less likely) a neutron star or black hole.

Planetary system

In 2006, an Uranus-mass extrasolar planet was detected by gravitational microlensing around this star.

See also

• List of stars with confirmed extrasolar planets
• OGLE-2005-BLG-390L
• Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE)

References

• Gould et al. (2006). "Microlens OGLE-2005-BLG-169 Implies That Cool Neptune-like Planets Are Common". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 644 (1): L37–L40. doi:10.1086/505421, http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/505421. 

External links

• "Notes for star OGLE-05-169L". The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved on 2008-08-22.

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