Orbiting Other Stars
For lists of the 838 currently identified extrasolar planets see:
- List of exoplanetary host stars
- List of multiplanetary systems
- List of extrasolar planets detected by radial velocity
- List of transiting extrasolar planets
- List of extrasolar planets detected by microlensing
- List of extrasolar planets that were directly imaged
- List of extrasolar planets detected by timing.
- List of nearest terrestrial exoplanet candidates
- List of unconfirmed extrasolar planets
- List of stars with proplyds
Read more about this topic: List Of Planets
Famous quotes containing the words orbiting and/or stars:
“Our roots are in the dark; the earth is our country. Why did we look up for blessing—instead of around, and down? What hope we have lies there. Not in the sky full of orbiting spy-eyes and weaponry, but in the earth we have looked down upon. Not from above, but from below. Not in the light that blinds, but in the dark that nourishes, where human beings grow human souls.”
—Ursula K. Le Guin (b. 1929)
“In our science and philosophy, even, there is commonly no true and absolute account of things. The spirit of sect and bigotry has planted its hoof amid the stars. You have only to discuss the problem, whether the stars are inhabited or not, in order to discover it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)