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The first extrasolar planet detected via gravitational microlensing
DOI: 10.1016/j.newar.2011.06.004
Bibcode: 2012NewAR..56...25B
Bond, Ian A.
In gravitational microlensing, distant planetary systems may be discovered by utilizing them as naturally occuring lenses. Efforts to find planets by this technique began in the 1990s. The first definitive detection of an extrasolar planet by microlensing was made in 2003 in the event OGLE 2003-BLG-235/MOA 2003-BLG-53, where the observed light cur…
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New Astronomy Reviews
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