OGLE-2013-BLG-0341L System

Exoplanetary Scratchpad [SysBP Img]

Second close binary star system found to have a terrestrial planet (2ME), and the first to be found with microlensing (3000 ly away). One of the first found orbiting a good distance (0.8 AU, Europa-like temperatures) away from a single star (0.13 MS) in a close binary (circumsecondary), and not both stars (circumbinary). Its discovery raises the possibility that many more such planets could be found. Planet is around a red dwarf, beyond its habitable zone. The primary star (10 to 14 AU) is also a red dwarf (0.15 MS).

OGLE-2013-BLG-0341L System In the News

Circumsecondary Super Earth Detected with Microlensing (Jul 2014)

• http://news.osu.edu/news/2014/07/03/planet-discovery-expands-search-for-earthlike-planets/
• http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-222
• http://www.space.com/26436-rocky-exoplanet-single-star-binary-system.html
• http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25841-cool-planet-hints-at-potential-for-life-in-double-stars.html#.U8LjRLEuPpe
• http://www.americaspace.com/?p=63806