Exoplanet Data Explorer

The Exoplanet Data Explorer is an interactive table and plotter for exploring and displaying data from the Exoplanet Orbit Database. The Exoplanet Orbit Database is a carefully constructed compilation of quality, spectroscopic orbital parameters of exoplanets orbiting normal stars from the peer-reviewed literature, and updates the Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets.

Since the Exoplanet Orbit Database includes results from numerous exoplanet surveys, it necessarily represents detections from surveys with different selection effects and sensitivities. We have adopted a generous mass cutoff of 24 Jupiter masses for inclusion in the catalog. It is a conservative collection by design, including only the most secure and peer-reviewed exoplanet orbital measurements; it is not intended as a clearinghouse of all exoplanet announcements (for a list of all known exoplanets, visit the indispensable Exoplanet Encyclopedia in the Links section). Because the Exoplanet Orbit Database is a compilation of measured spectroscopic orbital parameters, it does not include most planets detected through microlensing or other methods lacking spectroscopic orbits.

The Exoplanet Orbit Database is produced and maintained by Dr. Jason Wright, Dr. Geoff Marcy, and the California Planet Survey consortium. The Exoplanet Data Explorer and website design and maintenance is by Mr. Onsi Fakhouri. Please send Database updates or corrections to jtwright@astro.psu.edu, and send website or Data Explorer bug reports to onsi@berkeley.edu.

If you use this resource, please include the following acknowledgement in your publication:

Documentation for the Exoplanets Data Explorer is available here.

In addition to the Exoplanets Data Explorer, we have also provided the entire Exoplanet Orbit Database in CSV format for a quick and convenient download here.