Catalogue of exoplanets
Number of exoplanets classified by method of discovery TheOpen Exoplanet Catalogue is a catalogue of all discoveredextra-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 theExtrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia , theNASA Exoplanet Archive , and theExoplanet 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]
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
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