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  2. List of exoplanet firsts - Wikipedia

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    First evidence for exoplanet to receive later confirmation. First exoplanets to be confirmed PSR B1257+12 B PSR B1257+12 C: PSR B1257+12: 1992 First super-Earths. [1] These exoplanets orbit a pulsar. First confirmed exoplanet around normal star 51 Pegasi b: 51 Pegasi: 1995 First convincing exoplanet discovered around a Sun-like star. [2]

  3. List of proper names of exoplanets - Wikipedia

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    The ECWG's rules for naming exoplanets are identical to those adopted by the Minor Planet Center for minor planets. [2] Names are a single word consisting of sixteen characters or less, pronounceable in some language, non-offensive, and not identical to existing proper names of astronomical objects. [3]

  4. Category:Exoplanets with proper names - Wikipedia

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  5. Lists of planets - Wikipedia

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    These are lists of planets.A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a young protostar orbited by a protoplanetary disk.

  6. Category:Lists of exoplanets - Wikipedia

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    0–9. List of exoplanets discovered before 2000; List of exoplanets discovered between 2000–2009; List of exoplanets discovered in 2010; List of exoplanets discovered in 2011

  7. Exoplanet naming convention - Wikipedia

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    The exoplanet naming convention is an extension of the system used for naming multiple-star systems as adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). For exoplanets orbiting a single star, the name is normally formed by taking the name of its parent star and adding a lowercase letter.

  8. List of planet types - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of planet types by their mass, orbit, physical and chemical composition, or by another classification. The IAU defines that a planet in the Solar System must orbit around the Sun, has enough mass to assume hydrostatic equilibrium, and has "cleared its neighborhood". The working definition of an exoplanet is as follows ...

  9. List of exoplanets discovered in 2013 - Wikipedia

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    List of directly imaged exoplanets; List of exoplanet extremes; List of exoplanet firsts; List of exoplanets discovered by the Kepler space telescope; List of exoplanets observed during Kepler's K2 mission; List of extrasolar candidates for liquid water; List of hottest exoplanets; List of coolest exoplanets; List of multiplanetary systems