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  2. List of nearest exoplanets - Wikipedia

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    The first report of an exoplanet within this range was in 1998 for a planet orbiting around Gliese 876 (15.3 light-years (ly) away), and the latest as of 2024 is one around Struve 2398 A (11.5 ly). The closest exoplanets are those found orbiting the star closest to the Solar System, which is Proxima Centauri 4.25 light-years away

  3. List of nearest terrestrial exoplanet candidates - Wikipedia

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    Alpha Centauri is the target of several exoplanet-finding missions, including Breakthrough Starshot and Mission Centaur, the latter of which is chronicled in the 2016 documentary film The Search for Earth Proxima. [12] In 2023, astronomers used the radial velocity method to confirm that the exoplanet Wolf 1069 b sits in the habitable zone of ...

  4. Discoveries of exoplanets - Wikipedia

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    The exoplanets were found using a statistical technique called "verification by multiplicity". 95% of the discovered exoplanets were smaller than Neptune and four, including Kepler-296f, were less than 2 1/2 the size of Earth and were in habitable zones where surface temperatures are suitable for liquid water. [73] [74] [75]

  5. Scientists discover Earth-like planet orbiting star closest ...

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    The planet, dubbed Proxima b because it orbits Proxima Centauri, is thought to be a rocky and slightly more massive than Earth -- but that's not all.

  6. 51 Pegasi b - Wikipedia

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    51 Pegasi b, officially named Dimidium / d ɪ ˈ m ɪ d i ə m /, is an extrasolar planet approximately 50 light-years (15 parsecs) away in the constellation of Pegasus.It was the first exoplanet to be discovered orbiting a main-sequence star, [3] the Sun-like 51 Pegasi, and marked a breakthrough in astronomical research.

  7. Proxima Centauri b - Wikipedia

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    Proxima Centauri b is the closest exoplanet to Earth, [19] at a distance of about 4.2 ly (1.3 parsecs). [4] It orbits Proxima Centauri every 11.186 Earth days at a distance of about 0.049 AU, [1] over 20 times closer to Proxima Centauri than Earth is to the Sun. [20] As of 2021, it is unclear whether it has an eccentricity [e] [23] but Proxima Centauri b is unlikely to have any obliquity. [24]

  8. List of exoplanet firsts - Wikipedia

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    This was discovered independently by the OGLE and MOA teams. [5] First exoplanet discovered by directly imaging the extrasolar planet 2M1207 b: 2M1207: 2004/ 2005 May be a brown dwarf instead of a planet, depending on formation mechanism and definitions chosen. [6] First planet discovered through variable star timing V391 Pegasi b: V391 Pegasi ...

  9. A potentially habitable Earth-size planet was discovered just ...

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    A potentially habitable exoplanet that is roughly similar in size to Earth has been found in a system located 40 light-years away, according to a new study.