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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   14 Herculis Hercules 59 ly
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 47 Ursae Majoris Ursa Major  
47 Ursae Majoris b (sometimes abbreviated 47 Uma b) is an extrasolar planet approximately 46 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Ursa Major. The planet was discovered located in a long-period orbit around the star 47 Ursae Majoris in...
x 47 Uma c   47 Ursae Majoris Ursa Major  
x 51 Pegasi b 51pegasi-b 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...
x 55 Cancri e Newneptune nasa big 55 Cancri    
55 Cancri e (abbreviated 55 Cnc e) is an extrasolar planet with half the mass of Neptune orbiting the Sun-like star 55 Cancri A. Its mass is about 7.8 Earth masses (and twice the width of Earth), thus classifying it as the first Super-Earth...
x 55 Cancri f 196222main exoplanet-final 55 Cancri    
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...
x AB Pic b          
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        
x eps Tau b          
x Epsilon Eridani b Epsilon Eridani b 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...
x Gamma Cephei Ab Planet Gamma Cephei Ab and Star B Gamma Cephei Cepheus 45 ly
Gamma Cephei Ab is an extrasolar planet approximately 45 light-years away in the constellation of Cepheus (the King). The planet was confirmed to be in orbit around Gamma Cephei in 2002, but was first suspected to exist around 1988 (making this...
x GJ 3021 b          
x GJ 436 b          
x GJ 674 b          
x GJ 849 b     Aquarius    
x Gliese 581 b An extrasolar neptune compared to Jupiter (right) and Earth (left) 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,...
x Gliese 581 c Сравнение размеров Глизе 581 c и Земли. 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...
x Gliese 581 d Gliese 581 d-v1 Gliese 581    
Gliese 581 d ( /ˈɡliːzə/) or Gl 581 d is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star Gliese 581 approximately 20 light-years away in the constellation of Libra. It is the third planet discovered in the system and the fifth in order from the star. Because...
x Gl 86 b          
x Gliese 876 b Artist's concept of Gliese 876 b 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...
x Gliese 876 c ConceptJKV-Gliese876-c 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...
x Gliese 876 d Gl876 planet1 h Gliese 876 Aquarius  
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        
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...
x HAT-P-5 b   HAT-P-5 Lyra    
x HAT-P-6 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 114762 b          
x HD 11506 b        
HD 11506 b is an extrasolar planet that orbits the star HD 11506 176 light years away in the constellation of Cetus. This planet was discovered on April 10, 2007 by Debra Fischer, who used N2K Consortium in California, United States to detect...
x HD 11964 b        
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...
x HD 11977 b          
x HD 12661 b        
HD 12661 b is a gas giant two and a half times the mass of Jupiter orbiting around the star HD 12661.
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.
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.
x HD 132406 b        
HD 132406 b is a long period massive gas giant extrasolar planet orbiting the Sun-like star HD 132406 at a distance of 71 parsecs. HD 132406 b has at least 5.61 times the mass of Jupiter. The orbital distance from the star is almost twice that of...
x HD 134987 b          
x HD 142022 A b          
x HD 149026 b HD149026Corecomparison   Hercules  
x HD 150706 b          
x HD 154345 b HD154345B 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....
x HD 159868 b          
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    
x HD 178911 B b          
x HD 17156 b   HD 17156 Cassiopeia  
HD 17156b is an exoplanet orbiting the star HD 17156. It is a superjovian planet slightly smaller than Jupiter but slightly larger than Saturn in a so-called "torched orbit". This highly-eccentric three-week orbit takes it approximately 0.0523 AU of...
x HD 190360 b          
x HD 190360 c          
x HD 196885 b          
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