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 WASP-12 b | WASP-12 | Auriga |
WASP-12 b is an extrasolar planet discovered in 2008.
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| x HAT-P-9b | HAT-P-9 | Auriga |
HAT-P-9b is an extrasolar planet approximately 1560 light years away in the constellation Auriga. This planet was found by the transit method on June 26, 2008. It has mass 78% that of Jupiter and radius 140% that of Jupiter. As for all the...
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| x HD 49674 b | HD 49674 | Auriga |
HD 49674 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 134 light-years away in the constellation of Auriga, orbiting the star HD 49674. This planet was discovered orbiting the star in 2002. The planet is a gas giant and orbits extremely close to...
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| x HD 45350 b | HD 45350 | Auriga |
HD 45350 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 160 light-years away in the constellation of Auriga. It has a minimum mass about 1.79 times that of Jupiter. The mean distance of the planet from the star is more than the distance between...
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| x HD 43691 b | HD 43691 | Auriga |
HD 43691 b is a massive jovian planet located approximately 304 light-years away in the constellation of Auriga. Because the inclination is unknown, only the minimum mass is known. The planet orbits close to the star, closer than Mercury to the Sun.
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| x HD 40979 b | Auriga |
HD 40979 b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star HD 40979, was detected from the Lick and Keck observatories and photometric observations at Fairborn Observatory reveal low-amplitude brightness variations in HD 40979. It is thought to be a large...
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