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K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb

K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb rather than just read about it. In short: K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb is a distant exoplanet discovered by the Kepler space telescope. Its distance is estimated at 16,960 ly from the Earth, being discovered on January 4, 2022, thanks to an effect of gravitational microlensing from a series of data recorded in 2016, then revealed on March 31, 2022.

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Reference excerpt

K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb is a distant exoplanet discovered by the Kepler space telescope. Its distance is estimated at 16,960 ly from the Earth, being discovered on January 4, 2022, thanks to an effect of gravitational microlensing from a series of data recorded in 2016, then revealed on March 31, 2022.

Star K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb orbits a dwarf star less massive than the Sun, named K2-2016-BLG-0005L. Its mass is estimated at 0.584 ± 0.03 solar masses.

Characteristics The exoplanet is almost an exact twin of Jupiter. It is of similar mass and orbits at almost the same orbital distance. The power of the gravitational lens allowed the team to determine that the exoplanet is about 1.1 Jovian mass, and was a projected at a distance of 4.2 astronomical units from its star at the time of observation, the average orbital distance of Jupiter being 5.2 astronomical units.

See also Exoplanet List of exoplanets discovered in 2023 Gravitational microlensing Kepler Space Telescope

References

External links K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb on the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb

In research: K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Exoplanets detected by microlensing, Exoplanets discovered by K2, Exoplanets discovered in 2022, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for K2-2016-BLG-0005Lb outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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