An artist's impression of a gravitational microlensing event by a free-floating planet.
Credit: Jan Skowron / Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw.
A terrestrial-mass rogue planet candidate detected in the shortest-timescale microlensing event
P. Mroz, R. Poleski, A. Gould, A. Udalski, et al., 2020
Astrophysical Journal Letters, in press, doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/abbfad
preprint version: arXiv:2009.12377
The gravity of a free-floating planet may deflect and focus light from
a distant star when passing closely in front of it. Due to the
distorted image the star temporarily seems much brighter.
Credit: Jan Skowron / Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw.
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When the gravity of a free-floating planet deflects and focuses light from
a distant star, we can observe temporary changes in star brightness.
Credit: Jan Skowron / Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw.
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An artist's impression of a gravitational microlensing event by a free-floating planet.
Credit: Jan Skowron / Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw.
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Changes of brightness of the observed star during the gravitational microlensing event by a free-floating planet.
Credit: Jan Skowron / Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw.
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