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English: Scatter plot of mass, m, and semimajor axis, a, for exoplanet discoveries through 2014-09-23, indicating planets detected using radial velocity:
 
detected using radial velocity (black)
 
detected using other methods
 
Solar System planets for reference

Estimates (see "important note" below) of m and a are indicated with circles.

Scales indicate (log10 of) mass, m, expressed as Jupiter masses (left) and Earth masses (right); and (log10 of) semimajor axis, a, expressed in AU (bottom), and the corresponding period, p for a planet orbiting a Sun-mass star, expressed in Earth years.

Reference lines are provided as a rough measure of the difficulty of detecting exoplanets using radial velocity. Dashed lines trace the combinations of m and a values that produce the indicated radial velocity semi-amplitude K for a planet orbiting a solar-mass star (assuming m << M).

Exoplanet data is from the Open Exoplanet Catalogue,[1] version 811d352, including some (mostly from the Kepler mission) whose semi major axes are computed from period data. The figure excludes 4 planets with semimajor axes outside the range of the figure and 1 (PSR B1257+12 b) with a mass lower than the range of the figure.

Important note: This figure is intended to serve as a visualization of the catalog of generally accepted candidate exoplanets using the distribution of some of their basic properties related to detection. No attempt has been made to characterize the degree of confidence (which varies widely) in the existence of a given planet or its properties. Nor is any attempt made to convey systematic errors associated with a particular method. In particular, the indicated mass, m, for an exoplanet characterized using radial velocity is the minimum mass (so that the actual distrubiton of masses for non-transiting planets may be shifted and "smeared" significantly upward).

  1. ↑ Open Exoplanet Catalogue (2014-09-23). Retrieved on 2014-09-23.
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Source Own work, based on a figure by E.A.L. and used with permission
Author Aldaron, a.k.a. Aldaron
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current22:10, 26 September 2016Thumbnail for version as of 22:10, 26 September 20161,600 × 1,920 (77 KB)Cmdrjameson (talk | contribs)Compressed with pngout. Reduced by 198kB (72% decrease).
13:36, 2 January 2014Thumbnail for version as of 13:36, 2 January 20141,600 × 1,920 (276 KB)Aldaron (talk | contribs)OEC catalog version 1f0f1dc — First full upload of period-mass figures using Open Exoplanet Catalogue as sole data source. Numerous additions and modifications to data since last update.
20:01, 3 October 2010Thumbnail for version as of 20:01, 3 October 2010800 × 945 (63 KB)Aldaron (talk | contribs)Addition of Gliese 581 f & g. Updates of MOA-2007-BLG-192-L b, WASP-29 b, HAT-P-13 b, HAT-P-14 b, HW Vir b, HW Vir c, HD 148156, Kepler-9 b, Kepler-9 c, HD 156411 b, HD 28254 b, HD 290327 b, HD 43197 b, HD 44219 b, HD 6718 b, HD 8535 b.
02:27, 29 August 2010Thumbnail for version as of 02:27, 29 August 2010800 × 945 (63 KB)Aldaron (talk | contribs)Addition of Kepler 9 b & c, CoRoT 8 & 10 - 14 b, Gliese 876 e, HAT-P 15-25 b & 17 , HD 10180 c-h, 1RXS1609 b, 24 Sex b & c, 2M J044144 b, WASP 21, 22, 14-26, 28, 29, 31, 33, 36 & 37 b, HD, HD 102956 b, HD 109246 b, HD 145457 b, HD 200964 b & c, HD 38801 b
04:16, 20 March 2010Thumbnail for version as of 04:16, 20 March 2010800 × 945 (62 KB)Aldaron (talk | contribs)Addition of HD 4313 b, HD 95089 b, HD 181342 b, HD 206610 b, HD 180902 b, HD 136418 b, HD 212771 b, Gl 179 b, HD 126614 b, HD 13931 b and HD 34445 b.
23:05, 17 March 2010Thumbnail for version as of 23:05, 17 March 2010800 × 945 (61 KB)Aldaron (talk | contribs)Addition of CoRoT-9 b; updates to WASP-12 b.
14:18, 14 March 2010Thumbnail for version as of 14:18, 14 March 2010800 × 945 (61 KB)Aldaron (talk | contribs)Addition of HAT-P-14 b; updates to 47 Ursae Majoris b, c, and d.
04:13, 7 March 2010Thumbnail for version as of 04:13, 7 March 2010800 × 945 (61 KB)Aldaron (talk | contribs)Addition of 47 Ursae Majoris d; updates to HD 38529 b & c, and HD 80606 b.
17:06, 27 January 2010Thumbnail for version as of 17:06, 27 January 2010800 × 945 (61 KB)Aldaron (talk | contribs)Updates to Gliese 876 b, c, and d.
15:08, 26 January 2010Thumbnail for version as of 15:08, 26 January 2010800 × 945 (61 KB)Aldaron (talk | contribs)Addition of HD 129445 b, HD 152079 b, HD 164604 b, HD 175167 b and HD 86226 b.
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