MOA-2007-BLG-197Lb is a brown dwarf discovered in August 2015 by the MOA collaboration.[1] It is the first brown dwarf found by the microlensing method to orbit a solar-type star.
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Discovered by | Ranc et al. |
Discovery date | 17 August 2015 |
Detection method | Gravitational microlensing |
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Star | MOA-2007-BLG-197L |
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Mass | 41+2 −2 MJ |
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