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A sub-Saturn mass planet, MOA-2009-BLG-319Lb

Miyake, N ; Sharif University of Technology | 2011

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/728/2/120
  3. Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing , 2011
  4. Abstract:
  5. We report the gravitational microlensing discovery of a sub-Saturn mass planet, MOA-2009-BLG-319Lb, orbiting a K-or M-dwarf star in the inner Galactic disk or Galactic bulge. The high-cadence observations of the MOA-II survey discovered this microlensing event and enabled its identification as a high-magnification event approximately 24 hr prior to peak magnification. As a result, the planetary signal at the peak of this light curve was observed by 20 different telescopes, which is the largest number of telescopes to contribute to a planetary discovery to date. The microlensing model for this event indicates a planet-star mass ratio of q = (3.95 ± 0.02) × 10-4 and a separation of d = 0.97537 ± 0.00007 in units of the Einstein radius. A Bayesian analysis based on the measured Einstein radius crossing time, t e, and angular Einstein radius, θe, along with a standard Galactic model indicates a host star mass of Ml = 0.38 +0.34 -0.18 M⊙ and a planet mass of M p = 50+44 -24 M>, which is half the mass of Saturn. This analysis also yields a planet-star three-dimensional separation of a = 2.4+1.2 -0.6 AU and a distance to the planetary system of Dl = 6.1+1.1 -1.2 kpc. This separation is ∼2 times the distance of the snow line, a separation similar to most of the other planets discovered by microlensing
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  7. Gravitational lensing: micro ; Planetary systems
  8. Source: Astrophysical Journal ; Volume 728, Issue 2 , January , 2011 ; 0004637X (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/728/2/120/meta