Lists of exoplanets

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

These are lists of exoplanets. As of 1 January 2020, there are 4,160 confirmed exoplanets in 3,090 systems, with 676 systems having more than one planet.[1] Most of these were discovered by the Kepler space telescope. There are an additional 1,984 potential exoplanets from Kepler's first mission yet to be confirmed, as well as 977 from its "Second Light" mission and 4,576 from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission.[2]

For yearly lists on physical, orbital, and other properties, as well as on discovery circumstances and other aspects, see § Specific exoplanet lists.

Nomenclature

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Methods of detection

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Specific exoplanet lists

Distribution of confirmed exoplanets with respect to distance from the Sun

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Lists of exoplanet by year of discovery

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See also

References





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