Distant Gas Giant Planet around OGLE-2005-BLG-169 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Distant Gas Giant Planet around OGLE-2005-BLG-169

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This diagram shows how astronomers observed a distant gas giant planet around OGLE-2005-BLG-169 using microlensing.

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Credits: Hubble/STScI

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