KMT-2015-1b: Jovian planet detected by microlensing

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Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) gets its first planet, KMT-2015-1b

Hwang et al. (2015) "KMT-2015-1b: a Giant Planet Orbiting a Low-mass Dwarf Host Star Discovered by a New High-cadence Microlensing Survey with a Global Telescope Network"
http://arxiv.org/abs/1507.05361

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