In 2003 the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) detected periodic dimming in the star's light curve indicating a transiting, planetary-sized object.

Since low-mass red dwarfs and brown dwarfs may mimic a planet radial velocity measurements were necessary to calculate the mass of the body.

Since the planet's inclination is known, this represents the best measured true mass of the planet, rather than simply the minimum mass as is the case when the inclination is unknown.

The radius of the planet is only 18% larger than Jupiter's, despite the heating effect by the star.

[citation needed] Media related to OGLE-TR-132 b at Wikimedia Commons