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Exoplanet Types: Overview — NASA Science: Exoplanets

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Key: nasa-planettypes
Authors: NASA
Issued: 2026-2-13
Type: webpage
Container: NASA Science: Exoplanets
URL: https://science.nasa.gov/exoplanets/planet-types/

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Claims

types

NASA groups exoplanets as gas giants (like Jupiter and Saturn, often larger and closer to their stars, including hot Jupiters whose temperatures reach thousands of degrees), Neptunian planets (similar in size to Neptune or Uranus, including mini-Neptunes between Earth and Neptune in size), super-Earths (typically terrestrial, with or without atmospheres), and terrestrial planets (Earth-sized and smaller, made of rock, silicate, water or carbon).

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