The rocky exoplanets are thought to be abundant in the Milky Way, however their existence of atmosphere and their atmospheric composition are generally unknown. [1] The existence of a stable atmosphere depends on several factors including total amount of radiation receive (which is related to the spectral type of host star), the surface gravity (related to mass and radius) and the orbital period. [2]
In 2024, 55 Cancri e became the first terrestrial exoplanet with verified atmospheric detection. Its atmosphere might have been re-generated by the magma ocean and is composed of either carbon monoxide (CO) or carbon dioxide (CO2). [3] Later studies found evidences of atmosphere for the sub-Earth planet L 98-59 b, the evaporating planet K2-22b and the super-Earth planet TOI-561 b. [4] [5] [6]
To be included in the following list, an exoplanet must:
Note that mass values prefixed with "~" have not been measured, but are estimated from the mass-radius relationship.
| Solar system planet for reference |
| Solar system moon for reference |
| Rocky exoplanet with confirmed atmosphere detection |
| Rocky exoplanet with unconfirmed atmosphere detection |
| Mini-Neptune planet for reference |
| Planet/Moon | Host | Spectral type | Mass (M⊕) | Radius (R⊕) | Existence of atmosphere | Composition of atmosphere (by volume) | Atmospheric pressure at surface (atm) | Period (days) | Distance (ly) | Refs/notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earth (reported for reference) | Sun | G2V | 1.00 | 1.00 | Confirmed | 78.08% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, water vapour and other trace gases | 1.0 | 365.25 | 0 | Only planet known to harbour life [7] |
| Venus (reported for reference) | Sun | G2V | 0.815 | 0.950 | Confirmed | 96.5% carbon dioxide, 3.5% nitrogen, sulfur dioxide and other trace gases | 92 | 244.26 | ~0 | [8] |
| Mars (reported for reference) | Sun | G2V | 0.107 | 0.533 | Confirmed | 95.97% carbon dioxide, 1.93% argon, 1.89% nitrogen, oxygen and other trace gases | 0.0063 | 686.98 | ~0 | [9] |
| Titan (reported for reference) | Saturn | – | 0.0225 | 0.404 | Confirmed | (for the troposphere) 97% nitrogen, 2.7±0.1% methane, 0.1–0.2% hydrogen, organonitrogen hazes | 1.45 | 15.945 (sidereal) | ~0 | [10] |
| Triton (reported for reference) | Neptune | – | 0.0036 | 0.212 | Confirmed | nitrogen, methane and carbon monoxide traces | 0.000014 | 5.877 (sidereal, retrograde) | ~0 | [11] |
| LTT 1445 Ab | LTT 1445 A | M2.5V | 2.73 | 1.34 | Unconfirmed | Likely hydrogen cyanide | 5.36 | 22.4 | [12] | |
| Gliese 486 b | Gliese 486 | M3.5V | 2.77 | 1.29 | Unconfirmed | Probably water vapour | 1.47 | 26.3 | Unclear if the water vapour signal came from planet or host star [13] | |
| Gliese 357 b | Gliese 357 | M2.5V | 1.84 | 1.22 | Unconfirmed | - | 3.93 | 30.8 | [14] | |
| Gliese 341 b | Gliese 341 | M1V | ~0.72 | 0.89 | Unconfirmed | Likely water vapour or other small molecules | 7.58 | 34.1 | [15] | |
| L 98-59 b | L 98-59 | M3V | 0.47 | 0.85 | Confirmed | Mostly sulfur dioxide | 2.25 | 34.6 | [5] | |
| L 98-59 c | L 98-59 | M3V | 2.22 | 1.38 | Unconfirmed | Likely carbon dioxide and water vapour | 3.69 | 34.6 | [16] | |
| TRAPPIST-1b | TRAPPIST-1 | M8V | 1.37 | 1.12 | Unconfirmed | Likely carbon dioxide | 1.51 | 40.6 | [17] | |
| TRAPPIST-1c | TRAPPIST-1 | M8V | 1.31 | 1.10 | Unconfirmed | Likely mostly oxygen and carbon dioxide traces | 2.42 | 40.6 | [18] | |
| TRAPPIST-1d | TRAPPIST-1 | M8V | 0.39 | 0.79 | Unconfirmed | Probably carbon dioxide or clouds from water vapour | ~0.01 (if there is no cloud and an atmosphere exists) | 4.05 | 40.6 | Located in the habitable zone [19] |
| TRAPPIST-1e | TRAPPIST-1 | M8V | 0.69 | 0.92 | Unconfirmed | Likely nitrogen with methane traces | 6.10 | 40.6 | Located in the habitable zone [20] | |
| LHS 475 b | LHS 475 | M3.5V | ~0.91 | 0.99 | Unconfirmed | Probably carbon dioxide | ~0.01 (if there is no cloud or haze and an atmosphere exists) | 2.03 | 40.7 | [21] |
| 55 Cancri Ae | 55 Cancri A | K0IV-V | 7.99 | 1.87 | Confirmed | Carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide, possibly with sodium and calcium | High | 0.736 | 41.0 | [3] [22] |
| GJ 1132 b | GJ 1132 | M4V | 1.66 | 1.13 | Unconfirmed | Likely oxygen or carbon dioxide or clouds from potassium chloride/ zinc sulfide | 1.63 | 41.1 | [23] | |
| GJ 1214 b | GJ 1214 | M4.5V | 8.41 | 2.73 | Confirmed | Hazes and carbon dioxide, possibly with helium | Very high | 1.58 | 47.8 | [24] [25] |
| LHS 1140 b | LHS 1140 | M4.5V | 5.60 | 1.73 | Unconfirmed | Likely nitrogen and water vapour | 24.74 | 48.8 | Located in the habitable zone [26] [27] | |
| LHS 1478 b | LHS 1478 | M3.5V | 2.33 | 1.20 | Unconfirmed | Likely pure carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide and water vapour or nitrogen and carbon dioxide | 1–10 (if an atmosphere exists) | 1.95 | 59.4 | The dark bare-rock scenario was considered unlikely [28] [18] |
| GJ 1252 b | GJ 1252 | M2.5V | 1.32 | 1.18 | Unconfirmed | Probably sodium, atomic oxygen and potassium | ≤10-6 | 0.518 | 66.5 | [29] |
| HD 97658 b | HD 97658 | K1V | 7.81 | 2.25 | Confirmed | Clouds and likely hydrogen, carbon monoxide and methane | Very high | 9.49 | 70.3 | [30] |
| TOI-732 c | TOI-732 | M3.5V | 8.04 | 2.39 | Confirmed | Methane, 1-pentene and other alkenes or diethyl sulfide | Very high | 12.25 | 71.8 | [31] |
| TOI-270 b | TOI-270 | M3V | 1.48 | 1.30 | Unconfirmed | Likely water vapour | 3.36 | 73.3 | [32] | |
| TOI-270 d | TOI-270 | M3V | 4.20 | 2.13 | Confirmed | Methane, carbon dioxide, water vapour, carbon disulfide, thioformaldehyde, possibly with sulfur dioxide and chloromethane or fluoromethane | Very high | 11.38 | 73.3 | [33] [34] |
| L 168-9 b | L 168-9 | M1V | 4.07 | 1.63 | Unconfirmed | Likely carbon dioxide | 1.40 | 82.1 | [35] | |
| TOI-431 b | TOI-431 | K2V | 3.07 | 1.24 | Unconfirmed | - | 0.490 | 106 | The dark bare-rock scenario was considered unlikely [36] | |
| TOI-1685 b | TOI-1685 | M3V | 3.07 | 1.42 | Unconfirmed | Probably carbon dioxide or water vapour or sulfur dioxide | 0.668 | 123 | [37] | |
| K2-141b | K2-141 | K5V | 5.08 | 1.51 | Unconfirmed | Likely vapourized silicate-rock | 0.280 | 202 | [38] | |
| TOI-561 b | TOI-561 | G9V | 2.02 | 1.40 | Confirmed | Volatiles including water vapour and oxygen | High | 0.446 | 276 | [6] |
| K2-22b | K2-22 | M0V | 0.02 | <0.71 | Confirmed | Likely magnesium silicate dust and NO or CO2 | 0.381 | 801 | [4] |