Exoplanets with Known M Min and a as of April 2014
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Exoplanets with Known M Min and a as of April 2014 From the ExoPlanet Catalog at http://exoplanet.eu/catal og/
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Exoplanets with Known M Min and a as of April 2014. From the ExoPlanet Catalog at http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Exoplanets with Known MMin and a as of April 2014
From the ExoPlanet Catalog at http://exoplanet.eu/catalog/
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Mass Bin in MEarth
950 Exoplanets with Known MMin and a as of April 2014
The histogram below shows the number of exoplanets in the mass bins where the mass of the exoplanet is less than or equal to the number under the bar but greater than the mass of the adjacent lower bin.
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Semi-major Axis Bin in AU
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The histogram below shows the number of exoplanets in the semi-major axis bins where the a of the exoplanet is less than or equal to the number under the bar but greater than the a of the adjacent lower bin.
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Eccentricity
783 Exoplanets with Known MMin, a and e as of April 2014
The histogram below shows the number of exoplanets in the eccentricity bins where the e of the exoplanet is less than or equal to the number under the bar but greater than the e of the adjacent lower bin.
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This histogram shows the total number of exoplanets with known masses and semi-major axes as a function of year. Note the 2014 year is only one third of the way through – more planets will be discovered this year.
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Orbital Semi-major Axis, AU
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This plot compares the semi-major axis of the exoplanets with their mass. The yellow dots represent the planets in our Solar System.
