Thanks to the data provided by the NASA Exoplanet Archive, we are going to discover information about exoplanets in a dynamical way.
What is considered a planet?
This is a very controversial question but according to the International Astronomical Union, a planet is a celestial body that complies with the 3 following conditions:
it must orbit a star,
that has enough gravity to force this celestial body into a spherical shape,
it must have enough mass that its gravity cleared away any other objects of a similar size near its orbit.
Researchers have found hundreds of extrasolar planets, or "exoplanets", that reside outside of the solar system. There may be billions of exoplanets in the Milky Way galaxy alone, and some may have conditions favorable to life...
Information related to the discovery of the exoplanet
Discovery location
Discovery facility
Detection Method
Detections Per Year
Cumulative Detections Per Year
Features of the exoplanets
Orbital Period (days)
The Orbital Period is the time (in days) a given exoplanet takes to complete one orbit around its hosting stellar.
Number (known) of planets in planetary system
Distance to the planetary system (parsecs)
The Parsecs(pc) (symbol: pc) is a unit of length used in astronomy. It is about 3.26 light-years, which is equal to just
under 31 trillion (3.1×1013) kilometers or just over 19 trillion (1.9×1013) miles.