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Identification of Exoplanet Host Star OGLE-2005-BLG-169

Identification of Exoplanet Host Star OGLE-2005-BLG-169

This diagram shows how astronomers observed a distant gas giant planet around OGLE-2005-BLG-169 using microlensing.

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