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Exoplanet and Candidate Statistics — NASA Exoplanet Archive

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Key
nasaexoplanetarchive2026counts
Authors
NASA Exoplanet Science Institute
Issued
2026-10-15
Type
webpage
Container
NASA Exoplanet Archive
Publisher
California Institute of Technology / IPAC
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        2026,
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Claims

  1. Confirmed planets by discovery method: transit 4,785; radial velocity 1,204; microlensing 292; imaging 98; transit timing variations 29; eclipse timing variations 17; orbital brightness modulations 9; pulsar timing variations 8; astrometry 6; pulsation timing variations 2; disk kinematics 1.
    Locator: table: Discovery Method
  2. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 6,451 confirmed exoplanets (count shown as of October 15, 2026).
    Locator: table: All Exoplanets
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