Open Exoplanet Catalogue
Catalogue of exoplanets
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The Open Exoplanet Catalogue is a catalogue of all discovered extra-solar planets. It is a new kind of astronomical database decentralized and completely open.[1][2][3]
It is considered one of the four exoplanet catalogues most widely used, together with the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia, the NASA Exoplanet Archive, and the Exoplanet Data Explorer.[4]
In 2012, Hanno Rein presented a new kind of astronomical database based on small text files and a distributed version control system.[5]
In 2016, Ryan Varley presented ExoData, Python interface and exploratory analysis tool for the Open Exoplanet Catalogue.[6]
Statistics
As of October 2020, the Open Exoplanet Catalogue has the following statistics:
| Number of confirmed exoplanets | 4319 |
|---|---|
| Total number of planets (including Solar System objects and unconfirmed exoplanets) | 4441 |
| Number of planetary systems | 3261 |
| Number of binary systems | 159 |
| Number of commits | 19312 |