Periodic Table of Exoplanets (IMAGE)

University of Puerto Rico, Arecibo Campus

Periodic Table of Exoplanets

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Scientists are now starting to identify potential habitable exoplanets after nearly twenty years of the detection of the first planets around other stars. This image shows all known examples using 18 mass and temperature categories similar to a periodic table, including confirmed and unconfirmed exoplanets. Only 16 in the Terrans groups are potential habitable candidates.

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