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1 known planet · 9,915 light years

MOA-2009-BLG-266L

MOA-2009-BLG-266L is a star 9,915 light years away, with 1 confirmed planet. Distances and orbital speeds are to scale; the star and planets are enlarged so you can see them.

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The star

The star

MOA-2009-BLG-266L

Type
star
Mass
0.56 × the Sun

The planets

MOA-2009-BLG-266L

MOA-2009-BLG-266L b

Year
7.7 years
Distance from star
3.2 AU
Mass
10 Earths
Size
3.2 × Earth
Found
2011, microlensing (MOA)
Outside the habitable zone

Masses found by the wobble method are minimums, because the orbit's tilt is unknown. Temperatures are equilibrium estimates for a bare planet, before any atmosphere.

How we know

A lens in space

The system briefly magnified a more distant star; a planet left its own small blip in the brightening.

Sources

  1. Planet and star parameters: NASA Exoplanet Archive, Planetary Systems Composite Parameters, retrieved 1 Nov 2026. This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with NASA under the Exoplanet Exploration Program.
  2. Position: HYG Database v4.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  3. Habitable zone: a simple estimate from the star's brightness (√L × 0.95 to 1.67 AU), shown as a guide.
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