Lists of planets

These are lists of planets. A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a young protostar orbited by a protoplanetary disk. There are eight planets within the Solar System; planets outside of the solar system are also known as exoplanets.

Artist's concept of the potentially habitable exoplanet Kepler-186f

As of 19 December 2024, there are 5,811 confirmed exoplanets in 4,340 planetary systems, with 973 systems having more than one planet.[1] Most of these were discovered by the Kepler space telescope. There are an additional 1,982 potential exoplanets from Kepler's first mission yet to be confirmed, as well as 975 from its "Second Light" mission and 4,705 from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission.[2]

Transit: 4,329 (74.5%)Radial velocity: 1,096 (18.9%)Microlensing: 232 (4.0%)Direct imaging: 82 (1.4%)Transit-timing variation: 32 (0.6%)Eclipse timing variation: 17 (0.3%)Orbital brightness modulation: 9 (0.2%)Pulsar timing variation: 8 (0.1%)Astrometry: 3 (0.1%)Pulsation timing variation: 2 (0.0%)Disk kinematics: 1 (0.0%)
  •   Transit: 4,329 (74.5%)
  •   Radial velocity: 1,096 (18.9%)
  •   Microlensing: 232 (4.0%)
  •   Direct imaging: 82 (1.4%)
  •   Transit-timing variation: 32 (0.6%)
  •   Eclipse timing variation: 17 (0.3%)
  •   Orbital brightness modulation: 9 (0.2%)
  •   Pulsar timing variation: 8 (0.1%)
  •   Astrometry: 3 (0.1%)
  •   Pulsation timing variation: 2 (0.0%)
  •   Disk kinematics: 1 (0.0%)

In the Solar System

Outside the Solar System

Distribution of confirmed exoplanets with respect to distance from the Sun

Lists of exoplanets by year of discovery

Extrasolar systems
Exoplanets by method of detection
Records in exoplanet detection
Potential terrestrial exoplanets

Fictional or non-scientific planets

Mixed

See also

References

  1. ^ "Exoplanet and Candidate Statistics". NASA Exoplanet Archive. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Exoplanet and Candidate Statistics". NASA Exoplanet Archive. NASA Exoplanet Science Institute. Retrieved 14 March 2024.