An Exoplanet (extra-solar planet) is a planet outside our solar system
As of November 2008, 319 exoplanets have been detected. The vast majority were detected through various indirect methods rather than actual imaging. Most of them are massive giant planets likely to resemble Jupiter.
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| x 14 Herculis b | 14 Herculis | Hercules | 59 ly |
14 Herculis b or 14 Her b is an extrasolar planet approximately 59 light-years away in the constellation of Hercules. The planet was found orbiting the star 14 Herculis, with a mass that would likely make the planet a Jovian planet roughly the same...
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2M1207 | Centaurus |
2M1207 b is a planetary mass object orbiting the brown dwarf 2M1207, in the constellation Centaurus, approximately 170 light-years from Earth. Notable as one of the first candidate extrasolar planets to be directly observed (by infrared imaging), it...
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47 Ursae Majoris | Ursa Major | ||
| x 47 Uma c | 47 Ursae Majoris | Ursa Major |
47 Ursae Majoris c is an extrasolar planet orbiting the Sun-like star 47 Ursae Majoris.
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51 Pegasi | Pegasus | 50 ly |
51 Pegasi b (abbreviated 51 Peg b), sometimes though unofficially named Bellerophon, is an extrasolar planet approximately 50 light-years away in the constellation of Pegasus. 51 Pegasi b was the first planet to be discovered orbiting a main...
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55 Cancri |
55 Cancri f (abbreviated 55 Cnc f and also referred to as Rho Cancri f) is an extrasolar planet approximately 41 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cancer (the Crab). 55 Cancri f is the fourth known planet (in order of distance)...
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| x 70 Virginis b | 70 Virginis | Virgo |
70 Virginis b (abbreviated 70 Vir b) is an extrasolar planet approximately 60 light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. Announced in 1996 by Geoffrey Marcy and R. Paul Butler, 70 Virginis was one of the first stars confirmed to have planets...
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| x COROT-1 b |
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| x COROT-2 b |
COROT-2b (formerly known as COROT-Exo-2b) is the second extrasolar planet to be detected by the French-led COROT mission, which orbits the star COROT-2 at a distance of 930 light years from Earth towards the constellation Aquila. Its discovery was...
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| x Epsilon Eridani b |
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Epsilon Eridani | Eridanus | 10 ly |
Epsilon Eridani b is an unconfirmed extrasolar planet approximately 10 light-years away orbiting the star Epsilon Eridani, in the constellation of Eridanus (the River).
The planet's existence was suspected by a Canadian team led by Bruce Campbell...
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Gamma Cephei | Cepheus | 45 ly | |
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| x GJ 436 b | |||||
| x GJ 674 b | |||||
| x GJ 849 b | Aquarius | ||||
| x Gliese 581 b |
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Gliese 581 |
Gliese 581 b or Gl 581 b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star Gliese 581. It is the first planet of six discovered in the system so far, and the second in order from the star.
The planet was discovered by a team of French and Swiss astronomers,...
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Gliese 581 |
Gliese 581 c ( /ˈɡliːzə/) or Gl 581 c is a planet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581. It is the second planet discovered in the system and the third in order from the star. With a mass at least 5.6 times that of the Earth, it is classified as a...
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Gliese 876 | Aquarius |
Gliese 876 b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 876. It completes one orbit in approximately 61 days. Discovered in June 1998, Gliese 876 b was the first planet to be discovered orbiting a red dwarf star.
Gliese 876 b was...
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Gliese 876 | Aquarius |
Gliese 876 c is an extrasolar planet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 876, taking about 30 days to complete an orbit. The planet was discovered in April 2001 and is the second planet in order of increasing distance from its star.
At the time of...
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Gliese 876 | Aquarius | ||
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| x HAT-P-1 b |
HAT-P-1b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the Sunlike star HAT-P-1, also known as ADS 16402 B. HAT-P-1 is the dimmer component of the ADS 16402 binary star system. It is located 453 light years away from Earth in the constellation Lacerta. HAT-P-1b...
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| x HAT-P-5 b | HAT-P-5 | Lyra | |||
| x HAT-P-6 b | |||||
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| x HD 10647 b |
HD 10647 b, also catalogued as q Eridani b, is an extrasolar planet approximately 57 light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus (the River). The planet is a mid-Jovian that orbits 103% farther from the star than Earth to the Sun. It takes...
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| x HD 114762 b | |||||
| x HD 11506 b | |||||
| x HD 11964 b |
HD 11964 c is an extrasolar planet approximately 107 light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. The planet was discovered in a close-orbit around the yellow subgiant star HD 11964. The planet has a minimum mass 35 times the mass of Earth and is...
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| x HD 11964 c |
HD 11964 b is an extrasolar planet, a gas giant like Jupiter approximately 107 light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. The planet orbits the yellow subgiant star HD 11964 in a nearly-circular orbit, taking over 5 years to complete a...
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| x HD 12661 c | HD 12661 | Aries |
HD 12661 c is a gas giant one and a half times the mass of Jupiter orbiting around HD 12661.
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| x HD 13189 b | HD 13189 | Triangulum |
HD 13189 b is an exoplanet or brown dwarf with mass ranges from 8 to 20 Jupiter mass. This object is located 277 Gm (1.85 AU) from the star, taking 472 days to make one elliptic round.
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| x HD 134987 b | |||||
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| x HD 149026 b |
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Hercules |
HD 149026 b is an extrasolar planet approximately 257 light-years away in the constellation of Hercules. The planet was discovered after it transited its parent star, HD 149026. It is notable for the presence of an exceptionally large planetary core...
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| x HD 154345 b |
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HD 154345 | Hercules |
HD 154345 b, is a Jupiter-sized extrasolar planet orbiting the star HD 154345.
Wright et al. discovered the planet in March 2006 using the radial velocity method to detect the small wobbling movement of the star caused by the gravity of the planet....
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| x HD 160691 b | Ara | ||||
| x HD 160691 c | Ara | ||||
| x HD 160691 d | Ara | ||||
| x HD 160691 e | Ara | ||||
| x HD 16141 b | |||||
| x HD 162020 b | |||||
| x HD 168443 c | HD 168443 | Serpens | |||
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| x HD 17156 b | HD 17156 | Cassiopeia | |||
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