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CONFIRMED EXOPLANET · Gas giant

MOA-2022-BLG-563L b

MOA-2022-BLG-563L b orbits the star MOA-2022-BLG-563L, 21,298 light-years from Earth.

DISCOVERED 2024 · Microlensing

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MOA-2022-BLG-563L b
ORBITAL VISUALISATION
Gas giantPlanet type

Size-based classification; composition may be uncertain.

14 × Earth’s radiusSize

Around 1,300% wider than Earth.

21,298 light-yearsDistance

Its light travels for roughly 21,298 years to reach us.

2024Discovered

Microlensing

Overview

MOA-2022-BLG-563L b is one of the confirmed worlds in the NASA Exoplanet Archive. Recorded as discovered in 2024. The credited discovery facility is MOA. Its Microlensing evidence gives us a way to study a planet that is usually too faint to see directly.

Its recorded radius is 14 times Earth's radius. Size is useful for comparison, but it cannot establish surface conditions by itself.

The planet

The archive lists a mass or minimum-mass value of 127.13 Earth masses (Mass). Radius: 14 Earth radii.

Mass and radius constrain possible interiors; multiple compositions can fit a given set of measurements.

Orbit & year

The orbital period is not determined in this record. Its recorded semi-major axis is 2.15 AU. One AU is roughly the Earth–Sun distance.

Host star

MOA-2022-BLG-563L.

Mass: 0.48 times the Sun’s mass.

Planetary system

1 confirmed planets are stored for this star.

MOA-2022-BLG-563L b · Orbit not determined

Discovery

Reported discovery year: 2024. Method: Microlensing. Facility: MOA.

First stored in this atlas: 04/10/2026. This is an ingestion date, not a confirmation date.

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Potential habitability

The data here does not establish habitability, liquid water, or life. An appropriate atmosphere and many other conditions would be needed.

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What do we actually know?

Observed

The underlying light, motion or timing signal. Usually not a photograph of the planet.

Measured

Parameters derived from observations, with instrument and model uncertainty.

Calculated

Our light-year conversion and browsing class are calculated from archive values.

Estimated

Equilibrium temperature is an energy-balance estimate, not surface weather.

Inferred

Possible composition depends on models and may not be unique.

Unknown

Surface conditions and the presence of life are not established here.

Measured signals are interpreted through models. The archive’s composite table combines published values and may include calculated estimates. Values do not necessarily form one self-consistent solution.

Radius and mass can be estimated or inferred, orbital period comes from recurring observations, and size classification is calculated by this site. Atmospheric and surface conditions remain unknown unless established by specific observations.

Consult the archive for individual parameter references and uncertainty intervals before scientific use.

Scientific data

Radius14 Earth radii
Mass / minimum mass127.13136 Earth masses (Mass)
Semi-major axis2.15 AU
Host star mass0.48 Solar masses
Distance6,530 parsecs
Discovery year2,024
Discovery methodMicrolensing
Discovery facilityMOA
Discovery publication2024-03

Uncertainties and parameter provenance

Archive uncertainty ranges and published references, where available. A missing uncertainty does not imply an exact value.

ParameterUncertainty / source
RadiusUpper uncertainty unavailable / Lower uncertainty unavailableCalculated Value
Mass / minimum mass+98.52681 / -79.4571Han et al. 2024

Sources

NASA Exoplanet Archive · Planetary Systems Composite Parameters (PSCompPars).

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Last changed in this atlas: 04/10/2026, 11:39:41. Read our methodology.

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