Exoplanets

6336 CONFIRMED

Planets around other stars. None were confirmed before 1992; the catalogue now runs to thousands.

PRIMER — 60 SECONDS

How they are found

Mostly indirectly: a planet crossing its star dims it by a fraction of a percent, or tugs it into a wobble measurable in the star's spectrum. Only a handful have been imaged directly.

The habitable zone

The orbital band where liquid water could exist on a surface. It says nothing about whether a planet has water, an atmosphere, or a surface at all.

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THE FAMOUS ONES

] 12 ENTRIES
BY CONSTELLATION · 88 REGIONS
CI Tau c
Gas giant
3.60 M♃
515.3 ly
Taurus
COCONUTS-2 b
Gas giant
7.50 M♃
35.51 ly
Chamaeleon
CoRoT-10 b
Gas giant
2.75 M♃
1104 ly
Aquila
CoRoT-11 b
Gas giant
2.33 M♃
2136 ly
Serpens
CoRoT-12 b
Gas giant
0.92 M♃
3674 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-13 b
Gas giant
1.31 M♃
3747 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-14 b
Gas giant
7.60 M♃
5690 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-16 b
Gas giant
0.53 M♃
2389 ly
Scutum
CoRoT-17 b
Gas giant
2.43 M♃
3836 ly
Scutum
CoRoT-18 b
Gas giant
3.47 M♃
2495 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-19 b
Gas giant
1.11 M♃
2579 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-1 b
Gas giant
1.03 M♃
2570 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-20 b
Gas giant
4.30 M♃
2753 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-20 c
Gas giant
17.00 M♃
2753 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-21 b
Gas giant
2.26 M♃
4562 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-22 b
Neptune-like planet
12.20 M⊕
2046 ly
Serpens
CoRoT-23 b
Gas giant
2.80 M♃
3460 ly
Serpens
CoRoT-24 b
Neptune-like planet
5.70 M⊕
1929 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-24 c
Neptune-like planet
28.00 M⊕
1929 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-25 b
Gas giant
0.27 M♃
3599 ly
Ophiuchus
CoRoT-26 b
Gas giant
0.52 M♃
3409 ly
Ophiuchus
CoRoT-27 b
Gas giant
10.39 M♃
3295 ly
Serpens
CoRoT-28 b
Gas giant
0.48 M♃
2499 ly
Serpens
CoRoT-29 b
Gas giant
0.85 M♃
2630 ly
Ophiuchus
CoRoT-2 b
Gas giant
3.47 M♃
695.6 ly
Aquila
CoRoT-30 b
Gas giant
2.90 M♃
3367 ly
Ophiuchus
CoRoT-31 b
Gas giant
0.84 M♃
6542 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-32 b
Gas giant
0.15 M♃
1881 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-35 b
Gas giant
1.10 M♃
3663 ly
Aquila
CoRoT-36 b
Gas giant
0.68 M♃
3020 ly
Ophiuchus
CoRoT-3 b
Gas giant
21.66 M♃
2507 ly
Aquila
CoRoT-4 b
Gas giant
0.72 M♃
2369 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-5 b
Gas giant
0.47 M♃
2878 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-6 b
Gas giant
2.96 M♃
2105 ly
Ophiuchus
CoRoT-7 b
Super-Earth
4.08 M⊕
521.5 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-7 c
Neptune-like planet
8.40 M⊕
521.5 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-7 d
Neptune-like planet
17.14 M⊕
521.5 ly
Monoceros
CoRoT-8 b
Gas giant
0.22 M♃
1050 ly
Aquila
CoRoT-9 b
Gas giant
0.84 M♃
1347 ly
Serpens
CT Cha b
Gas giant
17.00 M♃
622.0 ly
Chamaeleon
CWISEP J193518.59-154620.3 b
Gas giant
15.50 M♃
47.06 ly
Sagittarius
DE CVn b
Gas giant
12.03 M♃
99.55 ly
Canes Venatici
DENIS-P J082303.1-491201 b
Gas giant
28.50 M♃
67.74 ly
Vela
DH Tau b
Gas giant
11.00 M♃
439.8 ly
Taurus
DMPP-1 b
Neptune-like planet
16.80 M⊕
204.0 ly
Orion
DMPP-1 c
Neptune-like planet
10.94 M⊕
204.0 ly
Orion
DMPP-1 d
Neptune-like planet
4.72 M⊕
204.0 ly
Orion
DMPP-1 e
Super-Earth
4.13 M⊕
204.0 ly
Orion
DMPP-2 b
Gas giant
0.54 M♃
449.9 ly
Fornax
DMPP-2 c
Gas giant
0.16 M♃
449.9 ly
Fornax
DMPP-2 d
Gas giant
0.29 M♃
449.9 ly
Fornax
DMPP-3 A b
Super-Earth
2.67 M⊕
152.9 ly
Mensa
DMPP-4 b
Neptune-like planet
12.20 M⊕
82.61 ly
Cygnus
DMPP-6 b
Neptune-like planet
5.80 M⊕
178.2 ly
Volans
DMPP-6 c
Neptune-like planet
13.47 M⊕
178.2 ly
Volans
DMPP-7 b
Gas giant
0.19 M♃
330.7 ly
Virgo
DMPP-8 b
Gas giant
0.26 M♃
248.3 ly
Octans
DMPP-9 b
Neptune-like planet
14.43 M⊕
357.3 ly
Pavo
DP Leo b
Gas giant
6.28 M♃
997.0 ly
Leo
DS Tuc A b
Neptune-like planet
1.30 M♃
143.7 ly
Tucana
EPIC 201170410.02
Terrestrial planet
1.15 M⊕
437.0 ly
Leo
EPIC 201238110 b
Super-Earth
4.16 M⊕
519.4 ly
Virgo
EPIC 201427007 b
Super-Earth
2.86 M⊕
2304 ly
Virgo
EPIC 201497682 b
Terrestrial planet
0.26 M⊕
825.3 ly
Leo
EPIC 201595106 b
Super-Earth
7.67 M⊕
757.0 ly
Virgo
EPIC 201615463 c
Terrestrial planet
1.98 M⊕
1555 ly
Virgo
EPIC 201754305 d
Terrestrial planet
1.08 M⊕
1093 ly
Virgo
EPIC 201757695.02
Terrestrial planet
0.69 M⊕
1884 ly
Leo
EPIC 201833600 c
Terrestrial planet
0.97 M⊕
839.7 ly
Leo
EPIC 201841433 b
Terrestrial planet
1.12 M⊕
1424 ly
Virgo
EPIC 205950854 c
Super-Earth
2.27 M⊕
795.6 ly
Aquarius
EPIC 206024342 b
Super-Earth
3.53 M⊕
1206 ly
Aquarius
EPIC 206024342 c
Super-Earth
2.54 M⊕
1206 ly
Aquarius
EPIC 206024342 d
Neptune-like planet
7.27 M⊕
1206 ly
Aquarius
EPIC 206032309 b
Terrestrial planet
1.01 M⊕
526.3 ly
Aquarius
EPIC 206042996 b
Super-Earth
3.53 M⊕
1473 ly
Aquarius
EPIC 206042996 c
Terrestrial planet
1.87 M⊕
1473 ly
Aquarius
EPIC 206215704 b
Terrestrial planet
0.97 M⊕
358.4 ly
Aquarius
EPIC 206317286 b
Terrestrial planet
0.84 M⊕
1025 ly
Aquarius
EPIC 206317286 c
Neptune-like planet
5.03 M⊕
1025 ly
Aquarius
EPIC 211822797 b
Super-Earth
4.35 M⊕
607.3 ly
Cancer
EPIC 211945201 b
Neptune-like planet
11.00 M⊕
592.6 ly
Cancer
EPIC 212297394 b
Super-Earth
2.79 M⊕
1365 ly
Virgo
EPIC 212297394 c
Neptune-like planet
5.77 M⊕
1365 ly
Virgo
EPIC 212424622 b
Neptune-like planet
5.35 M⊕
1995 ly
Virgo
EPIC 212499991 b
Super-Earth
3.19 M⊕
924.0 ly
Virgo
EPIC 212587672 b
Super-Earth
2.13 M⊕
1044 ly
Virgo
EPIC 212587672 c
Neptune-like planet
5.99 M⊕
1044 ly
Virgo
EPIC 212624936 b
Terrestrial planet
1.87 M⊕
1833 ly
Virgo
EPIC 212624936 c
Neptune-like planet
5.90 M⊕
1833 ly
Virgo
EPIC 212737443 b
Neptune-like planet
7.20 M⊕
1097 ly
Virgo
EPIC 212737443 c
Neptune-like planet
7.70 M⊕
1097 ly
Virgo
EPIC 220492298 b
Terrestrial planet
0.94 M⊕
2037 ly
Pisces
EPIC 220554210 c
Super-Earth
3.19 M⊕
1619 ly
Pisces
EPIC 220674823 b
Super-Earth
7.54 M⊕
797.7 ly
Pisces
EPIC 220674823 c
Neptune-like planet
7.90 M⊕
797.7 ly
Pisces
EPIC 228836835 b
Terrestrial planet
1.37 M⊕
489.6 ly
Virgo
EPIC 229004835 b
Neptune-like planet
10.40 M⊕
397.8 ly
Virgo
EPIC 246851721 b
Gas giant
3.00 M♃
1215 ly
Taurus
EPIC 248847494 b
Gas giant
13.00 M♃
1800 ly
Leo