Star with a known planet

MOA-2011-BLG-291L

MOA-2011-BLG-291L has one confirmed planet.

Measured

Distance
about 14,351 light-years
Confirmed planets
1

How far, from the Sun

About 14,400 light-years. To cross it:

  • Light14,400 years
  • Voyager 1's speed255 million years
  • Driving at 100 km/h155 billion years

Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.

How it was found

  • First planet found in 2018, by microlensing (NASA Exoplanet Archive).

Its planets

  • MOA-2011-BLG-291L b — 4.4 times Earth's width (estimated from its mass, not measured), Neptune-sized; found in 2018 by microlensing.

The NASA Exoplanet Archive's page

Where this comes from

  • NASA Exoplanet Archive, Planetary Systems Composite Parameters (fetched 2026-11-02). Composite values: where a planet's size or mass was not measured, the archive estimates it from the other.
  • 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.

Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.