Infographic: Finding Planets With Microlensing

spitzer_sig15-004 April 14th, 2015

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Warsaw University University

This infographic explains how NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope can be used in tandem with a telescope on the ground to measure the distances to planets discovered using the "microlensing" technique.

Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope

Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6047-sig15-004-Infographic-Finding-Planets-With-Microlensing

Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA

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Image Type: Artwork
Object Name: OGLE-2014-BLG-0124L
Subject - Milky Way: Planet

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13,000 light years

ID: sig15-004
Subject Category: B.1
Subject Name: OGLE-2014-BLG-0124L
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Warsaw University University

Release Date: 2015-04-14
Lightyears: 13,000
Redshift: 13,000
Reference Url: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6047-sig15-004-Infographic-Finding-Planets-With-Microlensing

Type: Artwork
Image Quality: Good
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Creator (Curator): Spitzer Space Telescope
URL: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
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Address: 1200 E. California Blvd.
City: Pasadena
State/Province: CA

Postal Code: 91125
Country: USA
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Publisher: Spitzer Science Center
Publisher ID: spitzer
Resource ID: sig15-004.tif

Resource URL: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0010/3236/sig15-004.tif
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Metadata Date: 2018-01-10
Metadata Version: 1.2

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13,000 light years