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1. Physics and Astronomy › Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

   Keck and Hubble Observations Show That MOA-2008-BLG-379Lb Is a Super-Jupiter Orbiting an M Dwarf

   Bennett, Bhattacharya, Beaulieu et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023

   Keck and Hubble imaging detected the host star of a microlensing planet, giving its mass, distance and separation, and the paper also describes an image-constrained light curve modelling code.

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   1. UncheckedHigh-resolution imaging gives the host star of MOA-2008-BLG-379Lb a mass of about 0.43 Suns and the planet about 2.4 Jupiter masses.“These observations reveal host star and planet masses of $M_{\rm host}=0.434\pm0.065 M_\odot$, and $m_p=2.44 \pm 0.49 M_{\rm Jupiter}$.”
   2. UncheckedThe star and planet of MOA-2008-BLG-379L lie about 3.44 kiloparsecs away, with a projected separation of about 2.70 astronomical units.“They are located at a distance of $D_L=3.44\pm0.53\,$kpc, with a projected separation of $2.70\pm 0.42\,$AU.”