Submitted by LoreCriticizer t3_z53aqr in askscience
AstroBryGuy t1_ixxb99l wrote
Reply to comment by Alfred_The_Sartan in How would one calculate the gravity of a planet? by LoreCriticizer
Sure, via gravitational micro lensing. When the rogue planet or brown dwarf (which is not a planet) passes directly in front of a distant star (as viewed from Earth), the gravity of the rogue planet/brown dwarf will bend the starlight, focusing it towards Earth, causing the distant star to briefly increase in brightness. The amount of brightening depends on the mass of the body.
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