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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.     more
   
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x 14 Herculis b   1998 14 Herculis Hercules
14 Herculis 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 size as...
x 2M1207 b Infrared image of 2M1207 (blueish) and companion planet   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...
x 47 Ursae Majoris b 47 Ursae Majoris b 1996 47 Ursae Majoris Ursa Major
47 Ursae Majoris b is an extrasolar planet approximately 46 light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major. The planet was discovered located in a long-period around the star 47 Ursae Majoris. The planet is currently the innermost known planet...
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.
x 51 Pegasi b 51pegasi-b 1995 51 Pegasi Pegasus
51 Pegasi b, also unofficially named Bellerophon and or abbreviated as 51 Peg b, 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 Sun-like star ...
x 55 Cnc b     55 Cancri A Cancer  
x 55 Cnc c       Cancer  
x 55 Cnc d       Cancer  
x 55 Cancri e Newneptune nasa big      
55 Cancri e is an extrasolar planet with a mass similar to that of Neptune orbiting the Sun-like star 55 Cancri A. It takes less than three days to complete an orbit and is the innermost known planet in its planetary system. 55 Cancri e was...
x 55 Cancri f 196222main exoplanet-final      
55 Cancri f, 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) from the star 55 Cancri and...
x 70 Virginis b   1996 70 Virginis Virgo
70 Virginis 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 orbiting it. When first...
x AB Pic b   Jul 24, 2007      
x ChaHa8 b          
x COROT-1 b Heic0612b H      
COROT-1b (previously named COROT-Exo-1b) is an extrasolar planet approximately 1,560 light-years away in the constellation of Monoceros. The planet was discovered orbiting the yellow dwarf star COROT-1 in May 2007. The planet was the first discovery...
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 Serpens. Its discovery was...
x eps Tau b          
x Epsilon Eridani b Epsilon Eridani b   Epsilon Eridani Eridanus
Epsilon Eridani b, often catalogued as HD 22049 b, is an extrasolar planet approximately 10 light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus (the River). Orbiting the star Epsilon Eridani, this makes the Epsilon Eridani system the closest to the...
x Gamma Cephei Ab Gamma Cephei b   Gamma Cephei Cepheus
Gamma Cephei Ab is an extrasolar planet approximately 45 light-year away in the constellation of Cepheus (the King). The planet was confirmed to orbit Gamma Cephei in 2002, but was suspected to be a planet around 1988 (making this planet the first...
x GJ 3021 b          
x GJ 317 b          
x GJ 436 b          
x GJ 674 b          
x GJ 849 b          
x Gliese 581 b An extrasolar neptune compared to Jupiter (right) and Earth (left) Apr 24, 2007 Gliese 581  
Gliese 581 b or Gl 581 b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star Gliese 581. The planet was discovered by a team of French and Swiss astronomers, who announced their findings on November 30, 2005 as a discovery of one of the smallest extrasolar...
x Gliese 581 c Сравнение размеров Глизе 581 c и Земли. Apr 24, 2007 Gliese 581  
Gliese 581 c (pronounced /ˈɡliːzə/) or Gl 581 c is an extrasolar planet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581. With a mass at least 5.36 times that of the Earth, it is classified as a super-Earth, a category which incorporates planets exceeding the...
x Gliese 581 d Gliese 581 d-v1 Apr 24, 2007 Gliese 581  
Gliese 581 d (pronounced /ˈɡliːzə/) or Gl 581 d is an extrasolar planet approximately 20 light-years away in the constellation of Libra. Because of its mass, nearly 8 times that of Earth, the planet is classified as a super-Earth. In late April 2009...
x Gl 86 b          
x Gliese 876 b Artist's concept of Gliese 876 b   Gliese 876  
Gliese 876 b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 876 every 60.940 days. Discovered in June 1998, Gliese 876 b was the first planet to be discovered orbiting a red dwarf star. It is the outermost known planet in its planetary...
x Gliese 876 c        
Gliese 876 c is an extrasolar planet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 876, taking 30.48 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...
x Gliese 876 d Gl876 planet1 h      
Gliese 876 d is an extrasolar planet approximately 15 light-years away in the constellation of Aquarius (the Water-bearer). The planet was the third planet discovered orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 876. At the time of its discovery, the planet...
x GQ Lup b GQ Lup b Feb 14, 2006      
x HAT-P-1 b        
HAT-P-1 b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the Sunlike star ADS 16402 B. ADS 16402 B 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-1 b is among the...
x HAT-P-4 b          
x HAT-P-5 b          
x HAT-P-6 b          
x HD 100777 b          
x HD 101930 b          
x HD 102117 b          
x HD 102195 b          
x HD 104985 b          
x HD 106252 b          
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...
x HD 10697 b          
x HD 107148 b          
x HD 108147 b          
x HD 108874 b          
x HD 108874 c          
x HD 109749 b          
x HD 111232 b          
x HD 114386 b          
x HD 114729 b          
x HD 114762 b          
x HD 114783 b          
x HD 11506 b        
HD 11506 b is an exoplanet that orbits the star HD 11506 176 light years away in the constellation of Cetus. This planet is a low-mass superjovian that orbits 243% the Earth’s distance from the Sun. The orbital period is 3.48 years. The distance...
x HD 117207 b          
x HD 117618 b          
x HD 11964 b        
HD 11964 c is an extrasolar planet approximately 111 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 25 times the mass of Earth and is...
x HD 11964 c        
HD 11964 b is an extrasolar planet, a gas giant like Jupiter approximately 111 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...
x HD 11977 b          
x HD 121504 b          
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