List of transiting exoplanets

Last updated June 22, 2024

This is a list of transiting extrasolar planets sorted by orbital periods. As of 2024, 4195 transiting exoplanets have been discovered.^[1] This list consist of all transiting exoplanets through 2012, and notable discoveries since. All the transiting planets have true masses, radii and most have known inclinations. Radius is determined by how much the star dims during the transit and inclination is determined^{[ clarification needed ]} from Rossiter–McLaughlin effect. True mass is determined by the minimum mass determined from radial velocity observations divided by the sine of inclination.

The first known planet to be discovered with the transit method was OGLE-TR-56b. The first planetary transit observed (by already known exoplanet) was caused by HD 209458 b. The most massive transiting exoplanet is KELT-1b which masses 27.23 M_J (making it a brown dwarf) while the least massive is Kepler-42d which masses less than 0.003 M_J or 0.9 M_E.^[2] The largest exoplanet known is HAT-P-32b which is 2.037 R_J. The smallest exoplanet known is also Kepler-42d which is 0.051 R_J or 0.57 R_🜨. The densest transiting exoplanet known is CoRoT-3b, which has density of 26.4 g/cm³; the diffusest transiting planet known is Kepler-12b, which has density of only 0.111 g/cm³. Previously, the longest period of any transiting planets was Kepler-1647b, which takes 1107 days to orbit its (double) stars.^[3]^[4] Only two years later, the longest period of a transiting planet was more than tripled by EPIC 248847494 b, which takes 3650 days to orbit its star. The shortest period is K2-137b, which takes just 0.18 days to orbit its star.

There are 60 members of multi-planet systems.

Yellow rows denote members of a multi-planet system

Planet ^[1]	Mass (M_J)	Radius (R_J)	Density (g/cm³)	Temperature (K)	Period (d)	Semi-major axis (AU)	Eccentricity	Inclination (°)	Year of discovery
K2-137b	<0.5	0.057		1471	0.179719	0.0058	0	93.10	2017
Kepler-42c	<0.006	0.065		720	0.45328509	0.006	0		2012
55 Cancri e	0.027	0.194	4.905		0.7365449	0.0156	0.057	81	2004
Kepler-32f		0.073			0.74296	0.01652	0.0126		2012
WASP-19b	1.152	1.310	0.593	2009	0.788840	0.0164	0.0234	99.206	2009
WASP-43b	1.782	0.930	2.938		0.813475	0.0142	0.0076	82.657	2011
Kepler-10b	0.014	0.127	8.849	1833	0.837495	0.0168	0.0003	95.567	2011
CoRoT-7b	0.0151	0.15	5.275	1656	0.853585	0.0172	0	80.1	2009
WASP-18b	10.425	1.165	7.724		0.941452	0.0204	0.0088	85.962	2009
WTS-1b	0.504	0.916	0.759		1.083904	0.0185	0.0082	81.251	2012
WASP-12b	1.389	1.834	0.260	2525	1.091423	0.0229	0.0490	96.927	2008
OGLE-TR-56b	1.316	1.300	0.700	1973	1.211909	0.0235	0.0012	101.205	2003
HAT-P-23b	2.087	1.368	0.952		1.212884	0.0232	0.1059	85.059	2010
Kepler-42b	<0.009	0.07		519	1.2137672	0.0116	0		2012
Kelt-1b	27.23	1.11			1.217514	0.02466			2012
WASP-33b	3.841	1.497	1.325		1.219867	0.0255	0.0374	87.670	2010
TrES-3b	1.924	1.295	1.036		1.306190	0.0226	0.0166	98.275	2007
HAT-P-36b	1.832	1.264			1.327347	0.0238	0.063	86	2012
Qatar-2b	2.487	1.144			1.3371182	0.02149	0	88.3	2011
WASP-4b	1.122	1.363	0.587	1653	1.338228	0.0231	0.0025	88.751	2007
WASP-77Ab	1.667	1.23		1715	1.36002854	0.02335	00.0074		2012
Qatar-1b	1.090	1.164	0.803		1.420033	0.0234	0.0028	96.535	2010
WASP-46b	2.101	1.310	1.238		1.430370	0.0245	0.0007	82.629	2011
OGLE-TR-113b	1.317	1.090	1.205		1.432476	0.0229	0.0064	90.574	2004
TrES-5b	1.778	1.209			1.4822446	0.02446	0	84.529	2011
Kepler-17b	2.45	1.31	1.35	1570	1.4857108	0.02591	<0.011	87.2	2011
CoRoT-1b	1.03	1.49	0.413	1898	1.5089557	0.0254	0	85.1	2007
CoRoT-14b	7.6	1.09	6.886		1.51214	0.027	0	79.6	2010
WASP-36b	2.447	1.373	1.160		1.547288	0.0277	0.0384	88.785	2010
WASP-64b	1.271	1.271		1689	1.5732918	0.02648	0		2012
GJ 1214 b	0.021	0.245	1.745	516	1.580393	0.0142	0.0982	88.619	2009
Kepler-9d	0.022	0.147	9.460		1.592851	0.0267	0.0109	87.666	2010
WASP-64b	1.2	0.7			1.6				2011
WASP-5b	1.637	1.171	1.206	1732	1.628425	0.0273	0.0032	85.779	2007
OGLE-TR-132b	1.144	1.175	0.834		1.689868	0.0300	0.0032	95.209	2004
WASP-52b	0.5	1.3			1.7				2011
CoRoT-2b	3.673	1.545	1.321	1537	1.742996	0.0294	0.0083	92.157	2007
KOI-13b	8.3	1.83			1.7637				2011
SWEEPS-11 b	9.665	1.135	8.047		1.795546	0.0289	0.0124	86.045	2006
WASP-3b	2.060	1.454	0.797	1983	1.846837	0.0317	0.0020	85.064	2007
Kepler-41b	0.49	0.841	1.02	1930	1.855558	0.029	0	88.3	2011
Kepler-42d	<0.003	0.051		450	1.856169	0.0154	0		2012
CoRoT-18b	3.47	1.31	2.05		1.9000693	0.0295	<0.08	86.5	2011
WASP-50b	1.468	1.153			1.9550959	0.02945	0.009	44	2011
WASP-48b	0.977	1.671	0.277		2.143634	0.0344	0.0177	80.088	2011
HAT-P-32b	0.941	2.037			2.150009	0.0344	0.163	52	2011
WASP-2b	0.847	1.079	0.801	1300	2.152225	0.0308	0.0089	95.197	2006
HAT-P-7b	1.802	1.421	0.755	2729	2.204730	0.0377	0.0524	95.891	2008
HD 189733 b	1.127	1.138	0.901	1117	2.218573	0.0309	0.0059	85.756	2005
WASP-14b	7.725	1.259	4.759	2779	2.243770	0.0368	0.0903	95.205	2008
WASP-65b	1.6	1.3			2.3				2011
WASP-24b	1.032	1.104	0.897		2.341208	0.0359	0.0378	83.644	2010
WASP-44b	0.889	1.144	0.787		2.423804	0.0347	0.0009	86.022	2011
KOI-254b	0.505	0.96	0.8	1000	2.455239	0.030	0.11	87.0	2012
TrES-2b	1.199	1.272	0.687		2.470627	0.0356	0.0277	96.375	2006
OGLE2-TR-L9b	4.336	1.614	1.253		2.485534	0.0413	0.0178	97.526	2008
WASP-1b	0.859	1.484	0.310	1833	2.519945	0.0389	0.0067	96.077	2006
XO-2b	0.573	0.973	0.742		2.615838	0.0369	0.0325	91.208	2007
Gliese 436 b	0.0737	0.365	2.01		2.6438986	0.02887	0.12	85.8	2004
WASP-32b	3.601	1.183	2.653		2.718650	0.0394	0.0179	94.663	2010
CoRoT-21b	2.26	1.3	1.36		2.72474	0.0417	0	86.8	2011
WASP-26b	1.027	1.316	0.536		2.756601	0.0399	0.0019	82.513	2010
HAT-P-16b	4.193	1.289	2.316		2.775962	0.0413	0.0358	93.411	2010
Kepler-21b	<0.033	0.1459	<12.9	1956	2.785755	0.0425	0	82.58	2011
HAT-P-5b	1.06	1.274	0.390		2.788491	0.0407	0.0141	86.753	2007
HAT-P-37b	1.169	1.169			2.797436	0.0379	0.058	86.9	2012
WASP-49b	0.4	1.3			2.8				2011
WASP-57b	0.8	1.1			2.8				2011
HAT-P-31b/WASP-51b	0.711	1.34			2.810595	0.0419	0.0089	83.6	2011
CoRoT-12b	0.917	1.44	0.407		2.828042	0.04016	0.07	85.48	2010
HAT-P-20b	7.246	0.867	13.809		2.875317	0.0361	0.0272	86.467	2010
HD 149026 b	0.360	0.813	0.811	2359	2.875889	0.0437	0.0073	83.345	2005
HAT-P-3b	0.591	0.827	1.386		2.899703	0.0387	0.0021	87.074	2007
HAT-P-13b	0.851	1.284	0.484		2.916293	0.0427	0.0142	96.726	2009
WASP-23b	0.875	0.963	1.146		2.937160	0.0379	0.0003	84.436	2010
CoRoT-11b	2.33	1.43	1.057		2.99433	0.0436	0	83.17	2010
KOI-135b	3.23	1.2	2.33	1637	3.024095	0.0449	< 0.025		2011
TrES-1b	0.613	1.081	0.573	1063	3.030065	0.0392	0.0570	88.410	2004
HAT-P-27b/WASP-40b	0.617	1.055	0.797		3.039572	0.0399	0.0007	84.983	2011
WASP-41b	0.923	1.211	0.611		3.052394	0.0405	0.0002	92.664	2010
HAT-P-4b	0.599	0.890	1.027		3.056536	0.0445	0.0165	89.923	2007
HAT-P-8b	1.341	1.497	0.530		3.076337	0.0449	0.0201	92.227	2008
WASP-10b	3.058	1.078	2.962		3.092762	0.0371	0.0568	86.838	2008
OGLE-TR-10b	0.626	1.263	0.369		3.101286	0.0439	0.0026	95.495	2002
WASP-16b	0.855	1.008	1.013		3.118601	0.0421	0.0023	94.782	2009
WASP-45b	1.007	1.157	0.863		3.126088	0.0405	0.0008	84.470	2011
WASP-35b	0.722	1.324	0.412		3.161575	0.0432	0.0027	87.960	2011
XO-3b	11.791	1.217	8.600		3.191524	0.0452	0.2576	84.215	2007
HAT-P-22b	2.147	1.081	2.078		3.212220	0.0415	0.0274	91.267	2010
HAT-P-12b	0.211	0.959	0.281		3.213060	0.0385	0.0516	88.946	2009
Kepler-4b	0.077	0.357	2.050	1647	3.213457	0.0456	0.0038	89.757	2010
Kepler-6b	0.669	1.323	0.354	1661	3.234230	0.0456	0.0186	86.813	2010
HAT-P-24b	0.685	1.242	0.422		3.355240	0.0465	0.0671	88.628	2010
WASP-6b	0.504	1.224	0.327	1293	3.361006	0.0418	0.0540	88.466	2008
WASP-31b	0.478	1.537	0.155		3.405909	0.0465	0.0013	84.542	2010
WASP-28b	0.910	1.117	0.785		3.408821	0.0455	0.0463	89.100	2010
HAT-P-33b	0.763	1.827			3.474474	0.0503	0.148	86.7	2011
Kepler-18b	0.0217	0.179	4.9	1179	3.504725	0.0447	0	84.92	2011
Kepler-8b	0.603	1.419	0.259	1764	3.522540	0.0483	0.0892	95.932	2010
HD 209458 b	0.685	1.325	0.369	1129	3.524749	0.0454	0.0709	86.677	1999
WASP-22b	0.565	1.122	0.471		3.532687	0.0467	0.0229	89.245	2010
Kepler-5b	2.114	1.431	0.882	1928	3.548465	0.0506	0.0071	86.282	2010
TrES-4b	0.919	1.799	0.193	1782	3.553945	0.0487	0.0136	82.857	2006
WASP-37b	1.696	1.136	1.369		3.577471	0.0434	0.0043	88.779	2010
CoRoT-23b	2.8	1.05	3.21		3.6314	0.0477	0.16	85.7	2011
HAT-P-35b	1.054	1.332			3.646706	0.0498	0.025	87.3	2012
HAT-P-25b	0.567	1.190	0.397		3.652836	0.0466	0.0322	87.561	2010
OGLE-TR-211b	0.918	1.329	0.481		3.677240	0.0509	0.0689	92.831	2007
Kepler-20b	0.027	0.170	6.5	1024	3.6961219	0.04537	<0.32	86.50	2011
WASP-54b	0.6	1.4			3.7				2011
WASP-70b	0.6	0.8			3.7				2011
WASP-11b/HAT-P-10b	0.462	1.035	0.500	1030	3.722469	0.0440	0.1710	88.509	2008
WASP-17b	0.491	1.736	0.114		3.735442	0.0500	0.1286	92.246	2009
WASP-15b	0.542	1.428	0.229	1496	3.752066	0.0500	0.0236	94.526	2008
WASP-25b	0.578	1.258	0.343		3.764831	0.0473	0.0216	87.704	2010
CoRoT-17b	2.449	1.023	3.037		3.768125	0.0475	0.0004	91.660	2010
WASP-61b	1.7	1.4			3.8				2011
HAT-P-6b	1.055	1.264	0.650		3.852985	0.0523	0.0024	85.505	2007
CoRoT-19b	1.11	1.45	0.48		3.89713	0.0518	0.047	87.61	2011
WASP-69b	0.3	1			3.9				2011
Lupus-TR-3b	0.712	0.932	1.090		3.914049	0.0463	0.2178	91.736	2007
WASP-29b	0.244	0.792	0.584		3.922727	0.0456	0.0273	91.237	2010
HAT-P-9b	0.671	1.398	0.555		3.922814	0.0528	0.0012	86.467	2008
XO-1b	0.937	1.184	0.678		3.941534	0.0489	0.0110	90.690	2006
OGLE-TR-182b	1.008	1.132	0.844		3.979100	0.0519	0.0114	94.280	2007
WASP-20b	0.3	0.9			4				2011
HAT-P-19b	0.292	1.133	0.232		4.008778	0.0466	0.0674	88.235	2010
OGLE-TR-111b	0.529	1.022	0.603		4.014448	0.0463	0.0049	91.900	2004
CoRoT-13b	1.308	0.885	2.503		4.03519	0.051	0	88.02	2010
CoRoT-5b	0.856	1.211	0.577		4.037896	0.0496	0.0935	85.833	2008
WASP-39b	0.277	1.267	0.181	1116	4.05526	0.0486	0.0057	87.833	2011
WASP-47b	1.1	1.2			4.1				2011
WASP-66b	1.9	1.5			4.1				2011
HAT-P-21b	4.063	1.024	4.588		4.124461	0.0495	0.0477	87.484	2010
XO-4b	1.721	1.338	0.893		4.125020	0.0552	0.0025	88.680	2008
XO-5b	1.151	1.154	0.937		4.187754	0.0487	0.0029	93.164	2008
SWEEPS-04 b	3.653	0.814	8.672		4.201572	0.0547	0.0219	92.090	2006
HAT-P-26b	0.059	0.565	0.431		4.234516	0.0479	0.1244	88.582	2010
CoRoT-3b	21.66	1.01	26.4		4.2568	0.057	0	85.9	2008
WASP-60b	0.5	0.9			4.3				2011
WASP-34b	0.591	1.218	0.378		4.317678	0.0521	0.0382	85.201	2010
WASP-21b	0.301	1.067	0.296		4.322482	0.0520	0.0029	91.250	2010
WASP-13b	0.457	1.209	0.313	1403	4.352977	0.0546	0.0147	93.073	2008
WASP-62b	0.5	1.5			4.4				2011
WASP-63b	0.3	1			4.4				2011
Kepler-12b	0.431	1.695	0.111	1361	4.4379637	0.0556	<0.01	88.76	2011
HAT-P-1b	0.590	1.355	0.292		4.465293	0.0552	0.0904	85.896	2006
WASP-55b	0.6	1.4			4.5				2011
WASP-56b	0.6	1.2			4.5				2011
WASP-67b	0.4	1.7			4.5				2011
HAT-P-14b	2.232	1.199	1.647		4.627657	0.0606	0.0948	97.152	2010
HAT-P-38b	0.267	0.825			4.640382	0.0523	0.067	88.3	2012
Kepler-93b	0.013	0.132	6.88	1037	4.726740	0.05343	0	89.18	2014
Kepler-7b	0.433	1.478	0.160	1541	4.885525	0.0622	0.3764	86.529	2010
HAT-P-11b	0.081	0.452	1.076	878	4.887816	0.0525	0.1980	91.496	2009
Kepler-15b	0.66	0.96	0.93	1111	4.942782	0.05714	0.06	87.44	2011
WASP-7b	0.960	0.915	1.515	1997	4.954658	0.0617	0.0323	90.370	2008
WASP-42b	0.6	1			5				2011
WASP-58b	1.1	1.3			5				2011
HAT-P-31b	2.171	1.07			5.005425	0.055	0.245	87.1	2011
WASP-68b	0.8	0.9			5.1				2011
CoRoT-16b	0.497	0.813	1.118		5.353421	0.0578	0.0292	94.178	2010
HAT-P-34b	3.328	1.107			5.452654	0.0677	0.441	87.1	2012
HAT-P-18b	0.197	0.995	0.232		5.508023	0.0560	0.0842	91.201	2010
HAT-P-2b	9.090	1.157	7.522	1187	5.633473	0.0676	0.5171	86.722	2007
Kepler-33b		0.16			5.66793	0.0677		86.39	2012
HAT-P-29b	0.778	1.107			5.72318	0.0667	0.095	87.1	2011
Kepler-32b	4.1	0.37		542	5.90124	0.05			2012
Kepler-28b	<1.51	0.32			5.9123	0.062			2012
Kepler-20e	<0.005	0.077		1040	6.098493	0.0507	<0.28	87.50	2011
COROT-8b	0.222	0.572	1.436		6.212295	0.0634	0.0043	88.435	2010
Kepler-25b	<12.7	0.23			6.2385	0.068			2012
Kepler-14b	8.40	1.136	7.1		6.7901230		0.035	90.0	2011
WASP-38b	2.712	1.079	2.746	1292	6.871815	0.0755	0.0321	88.692	2010
Kepler-40b	2.217	1.175	1.824	1618	6.873495	0.0807	0.0039	89.716	2010
Kepler-23b	<0.8	0.17			7.1073	0.075			2012
Kepler-223e		0.18			7.3831	0.076			2011
Kepler-18c	0.054	0.489	0.59	909	7.64159	0.0752	0	87.68	2011
WASP-59b	0.7	0.9			7.9				2011
Kepler-24b	<1.6	0.21			8.1453				2012
WASP-8b	2.233	1.172	1.749		8.158716	0.0742	0.3082	88.516	2008
Kepler-32c	0.5	0.33		475	8.7522	0.09			2012
CoRoT-6b	2.959	1.166	2.319		8.886903	0.0855	0.0278	94.581	2009
Kepler-28c	<1.36	0.3			8.9858	0.081			2012
CoRoT-20b	4.24	0.84	9.49		9.20	0.0902	0.562	88.21	2011
CoRoT-4b	0.728	1.168	0.561	1074	9.202047	0.0887	0.0019	89.779	2008
Kepler-19b	<0.06	0.2	<7.76	714	9.2869944	0.0853	0	89.94	2011
HD 97658 b	0.02	0.262			9.4957	0.0797	0.13		2010
KOI-730c		0.23			9.8499		0.092		2011
KIC 10905746 b		0.237			9.8844		88.42		2011
Kepler-11b	0.014	0.176	3.280		10.303751	0.0912	0.0025	88.505	2011
Kepler-29b	0.4	0.32		815	10.3376	0.09			2012
HAT-P-17b	0.526	1.011	0.636	814	10.338520	0.0882	0.3455	89.182	2010
Kepler-23c	<2.7	0.29			10.7421	0.099			2012
Kepler-20c	0.051	0.273	2.91	713	10.854092	0.0930	<0.40	88.39	2011
HAT-P-15b	1.946	1.072	1.936		10.863502	0.0964	0.1898	89.054	2010
Kepler-26b	<0.38	0.32			12.2829	0.085			2012
Kepler-24c	<1.6	0.25			12.3335	0.106			2012
Kepler-25c	<4.16	0.4			12.7204	0.11			2012
Kepler-11c	0.043	0.282	2.519		13.025021	0.1064	0.0076	88.986	2011
Kepler-33c		0.29			13.17562	0.1189		89.46	2012
CoRoT-10b	2.75	0.97	3.997		13.2406	0.1055	0.53	88.55	2010
Kepler-29c	0.3	0.26		749	13.2907	0.11			2012
KOI-730b		0.31			14.7903	0.12			2011
Kepler-18d	0.051	0.62	0.27	728	14.85888	0.1172	0	88.07	2011
Kepler-27b	<9.11	0.36			15.3348	0.118			2012
Kepler-9b	0.252	0.842	0.536		19.243158	0.1405	0.0297	88.553	2010
Kepler-20f	<0.010	0.092		705	19.57706	0.1104	<0.32	88.68	2011
Kepler-223d		0.25			19.7216	0.145			2011
Kepler-31b	<6.8	0.38		776	20.8613				2012
Mulchatna	3.125	1.095	3.065		21.214398	0.1626	0.6696	86.486	2007
Kepler-33d		0.48			21.77596	0.1662		88.71	2012
Kepler-11d	0.019	0.307	0.882		22.687189	0.1586	0.0044	90.713	2011
Kepler-30b	0.2	0.33		548	29.329	0.18			2012
Kepler-27c	<13.8	0.44			31.3309	0.191			2012
Kepler-33e		0.36			31.7844	0.2138		89.576	2012
Kepler-11e	0.026	0.404	0.531		31.995899	0.1935	0.0065	88.788	2011
Kepler-9c	0.171	0.823	0.393		38.908610	0.2246	0.0337	88.124	2010
Kepler-33f		0.4			41.02902	0.2535		89.772	2012
Kepler-31c	4.7	0.38		612	42.6318	0.26			2012
Kepler-10c	<0.063	0.199	<10	485	45.29485	0.2407		89.65	2011
Kepler-11f	0.007	0.234	0.754		46.688756	0.2501	0.0018	90.614	2011
Kepler-943b		0.72			49.76971	0.2672		89.2	2011
Kepler-30c	9.1	1.29		431	60.3251	0.30			2012
Kepler-20d	<0.063	0.245	<4.07	369	77.61184	0.3453	<0.60	89.570	2011
Kepler-991b		0.227			82.5342519				2016
CoRoT-9b	0.838	1.045	0.945	377	95.273774	0.4070	0.1127	37.383	2010
HD 80606 b	3.945	1.029	4.741	347	111.436366	0.4309	0.9337	89.285	2001
Kepler-11g	0.019	0.327	0.725		118.377738	0.4617	0.0097	89.754	2011
Kepler-35b	0.127	0.728	0.410		131.458	0.60347	0.042	90.76	2012
PH1b	0.531	.551		481	138.317	0.652	0.0702	90.050	2012
Kepler-30d	17	0.96		323	143.213	0.5			2012
Kepler-16b	0.333	0.7538	0.964	170-200	228.776	0.7048	0.0069	90.0322	2011
Kepler-34b	0.22	0.764	0.410		288.822	1.0896	0.182	90.355	2012
Kepler-22b	<0.11	0.212	<14.7	262	289.8623	0.849	0	89.764	2011
Kepler-1647b ^[3]^[4]	1.06	1.52			1107	2.7205	0.0581	90.1	2016
EPIC 248847494 b	<13	1.11		183	3650	4.5	0	89.87	2018
Kepler-560b		0.153							2016
Kepler-1649b									2017
Kepler-1649c									2020
Kepler-1662b									2020
Kepler-1652b									2017
Kepler-1514b
Kepler-1514c									2020
Kepler-1544b		0.159							2016

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"Transiting planets". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia . 1995. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
"Exoplanets Data Explorer" . Retrieved 2011-01-20.

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Kepler-5b is one of the first five planets discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. It is a hot Jupiter that orbits a subgiant star that is more massive, larger, and more diffuse than the Sun is. Kepler-5 was first flagged as the location of a possibly transiting planet, and was reclassified as a Kepler Object of Interest until follow-up observations confirmed the planet's existence and many of its characteristics. The planet's discovery was announced at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society on January 4, 2010. The planet has approximately twice the mass of Jupiter, and is about 1.5 times larger. It is also fifteen times hotter than Jupiter. Kepler-5b orbits Kepler-5 every 3.5 days at a distance of approximately 0.051 AU.

Kepler-8b is the fifth of the first five exoplanets discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft, which aims to discover planets in a region of the sky between the constellations Lyra and Cygnus that transit their host stars. The planet is the hottest of the five. Kepler-8b was the only planet discovered in Kepler-8's orbit, and is larger than Jupiter. It orbits its host star every 3.5 days. The planet also demonstrates the Rossiter–McLaughlin effect, where the planet's orbit affects the redshifting of the spectrum of the host star. Kepler-8b was announced to the public on January 4, 2010 at a conference in Washington, D.C. after radial velocity measurements conducted at the W.M. Keck Observatory confirmed its detection by Kepler.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Discoveries of exoplanets</span> Detecting planets located outside the Solar System

An exoplanet is a planet located outside the Solar System. The first evidence of an exoplanet was noted as early as 1917, but was not recognized as such until 2016; no planet discovery has yet come from that evidence. What turned out to be the first detection of an exoplanet was published among a list of possible candidates in 1988, though not confirmed until 2003. The first confirmed detection came in 1992, with the discovery of terrestrial-mass planets orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12. The first confirmation of an exoplanet orbiting a main-sequence star was made in 1995, when a giant planet was found in a four-day orbit around the nearby star 51 Pegasi. Some exoplanets have been imaged directly by telescopes, but the vast majority have been detected through indirect methods, such as the transit method and the radial-velocity method. As of 18 June 2024, there are 6,140 confirmed exoplanets in 4,527 planetary systems, with 969 systems having more than one planet. This is a list of the most notable discoveries.

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Kepler-11b is an exoplanet discovered around the star Kepler-11 by the Kepler spacecraft, a NASA-led mission to discover Earth-like planets. Kepler-11b is less than about three times as massive and twice as large as Earth, but it has a lower density, and is thus most likely not of Earth-like composition. Kepler-11b is the hottest of the six planets in the Kepler-11 system, and orbits more closely to Kepler-11 than the other planets in the system. Kepler-11b, along with its five counterparts, form the first discovered planetary system with more than three transiting planets—the most densely packed known planetary system. The system is also the flattest known planetary system. The discovery of this planet and its five sister planets was announced on February 2, 2011, after follow-up investigations.

Kepler-11d is an exoplanet discovered in the orbit of the sun-like star Kepler-11. It is named for the telescope that discovered it, a NASA spacecraft named Kepler that is designed to detect Earth-like planets by measuring small dips in the brightness of their host stars as the planets cross in front. This process, known as the transit method, was used to note the presence of six planets in orbit around Kepler-11, of which Kepler-11d is the third from its star. Kepler-11d orbits Kepler-11 well within the orbit of Mercury approximately every 23 days. The planet is approximately six times more massive than the Earth, and has a radius that is three and a half times larger than that of Earth's. It is, however, far hotter than Earth is. Its low density, comparable to that of Saturn, suggests that Kepler-11d has a large hydrogen–helium atmosphere. Kepler-11d was announced with its five sister planets on February 2, 2011 after extensive follow-up studies.

Kepler-11e is an exoplanet discovered in the orbit of the sunlike star Kepler-11. It is the fourth of six planets around Kepler-11 discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. Kepler-11e was found by using the transit method, in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured. Kepler-11e is most likely a gas giant like Neptune, having a density that is less than that of Saturn, the least dense planet in the Solar System. Its low density can probably be attributed to a large hydrogen and helium atmosphere. Kepler-11e has a mass eight times of Earth's mass and a radius 4.5 times that of Earth. The planet orbits its star every 31 days in an ellipse that would fit within the orbit of Mercury. Kepler-11e was announced on February 2, 2011 with its five sister planets after it was confirmed by several observatories.

Kepler-11f is an exoplanet discovered in the orbit of the Sun-like star Kepler-11 by NASA's Kepler spacecraft, which searches for planets that transit their host stars. Kepler-11f is the fifth planet from its star, orbiting one quarter of the distance of the Earth from the Sun every 47 days. It is the furthest of the first five planets in the system. Kepler-11f is the least massive of Kepler-11's six planets, at nearly twice the mass of Earth; it is about 2.6 times the radius of Earth. Along with planets d and e and unlike the two inner planets in the system, Kepler-11f has a density lower than that of water and comparable to that of Saturn. This suggests that Kepler-11f has a significant hydrogen–helium atmosphere. The Kepler-11 planets constitute the first system discovered with more than three transiting planets. Kepler-11f was announced to the public on February 2, 2011, after follow-up investigations at several observatories. Analysis of the planets and study results were published the next day in the journal Nature.

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Kepler-419c is a super-Jupiter exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the star Kepler-419, the outermost of two such planets discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. It is located about 3,400 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. The exoplanet was found by using the transit timing variation method, in which the variations of transit data from an exoplanet are studied to reveal a more distant companion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">K2-33</span> Star in the constellation Scorpius

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Kepler-93b (KOI-69b) is a hot, dense transiting Super-Earth exoplanet located approximately 313 light-years away in the constellation of Lyra, orbiting the G-type star Kepler-93. Its discovery was announced in February 2014 by American astronomer Geoffrey Marcy and his team. In July 2014, its radius was determined with a mere 1.3% margin of error, the most precise measurement ever made for an exoplanet's radius at the time.

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