OGLE-2006-BLG-109Lc

OGLE-2006-BLG-109Lc
Exoplanet	List of exoplanets
	300px; OGLE-2006-BLG-109 c's orbit compared to; Jupiter's orbit (5.2AU) in our Solar System.
Parent star
Star	OGLE-2006-BLG-109L
Constellation	Sagittarius
Distance	4,920 ± 390 ly; (1,510 ± 120 pc)
	Observed separation
Orbital elements
Physical characteristics
Discovery information
Discovery date	14 February 2008
Discoverer(s)	Gaudi and; Bennett et al.
Discovery method	Gravitational microlensing
Discovery status	Published
Other designations
	EWS 2006-BUL-109Lc
	Database references
Extrasolar Planets; Encyclopaedia	data
SIMBAD	data
Exoplanet Archive	data
Open Exoplanet Catalogue	data

OGLE-2006-BLG-109Lc is an extrasolar planet approximately 4,920 light-years 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.^[1]^[2]

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Parent star
Exoplanet		List of exoplanets
300px OGLE-2006-BLG-109 c's orbit compared to Jupiter's orbit (5.2AU) in our Solar System.
Star		OGLE-2006-BLG-109L
Constellation		Sagittarius
Right ascension	(α)	17^h 52^m 35^s
Declination	(δ)	–30° 05′ 16″
Apparent magnitude	(m_V)	17.17
Distance		4,920 ± 390 ly (1,510 ± 120 pc)
Observed separation
Projected separation	(d)	4.5 ± 1 AU
Orbital elements
Eccentricity	(e)	0.15 ± 0.1
Orbital period	(P)	4931 ± 1750 d (13.5 ± 4.79 y)
Inclination	(i)	64 ± 8°
Physical characteristics
Mass	(m)	0.271 ± 0.022 M_J (85.8 ± 9.5 M_⊕)
Temperature	(T)	59 ± 7
Discovery information
Discovery date		14 February 2008
Discoverer(s)		Gaudi and Bennett et al.
Discovery method		Gravitational microlensing
Discovery status		Published
Other designations
EWS 2006-BUL-109Lc
Database references
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia		data
SIMBAD		data
Exoplanet Archive		data
Open Exoplanet Catalogue		data