in order of increasing distance in light years
see diagram
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Star |
Spectral Type |
Distance |
Constellation |
Remarks |
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Epsilon Eridani |
K2 |
10.5 |
Eridanus |
Also HD 22049; young orange star with a massive outer debris disk, 2 inner asteroid belts, and 1 detected giant planet at about 3.4 AU. MORE |
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GJ 674 |
M2.5 |
14.7 |
Ara |
Red dwarf star with a single Hot Neptune 11 times as massive as Earth in a somewhat eccentric orbit. MORE |
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GJ 876 |
M4 |
15.4 |
Aquarius |
Red dwarf hosting the closest multiple exoplanetary system, with 4 known planets, of which the 3 most massive orbit in a classic Laplace resonance; the system's non-resonant innermost planet is a Hot Super Earth only 6.8 times as massive as Earth. MORE |
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GJ 832 |
M1.5 |
16 |
Indus |
Red dwarf with 1 gas giant about 60% as massive as Jupiter in a low-eccentricity orbit at 3.4 AU; potential host for icy exomoons |
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GJ 581 |
M3 |
20 |
Libra |
Red dwarf with 1 Hot Neptune and 3 Super Earths (masses 2, 5, and 7 times Earth). The largest Super Earth orbits in the proposed habitable zone. MORE |
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GJ 667C |
M1.5, |
23 |
Scorpio |
Red dwarf in a triple star system with 1 hot Super Earth; stars A and B are K-type dwarfs in a fairly close binary orbit, while star C, the planet host, orbits them at a distance of 100 AU or more |
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Fomalhaut |
A3 |
25 |
Piscis Austrinus |
Also HD 216956. White star with a dusty debris ring and 1 gas giant planet orbiting just inside the ring. One of the few exoplanetary systems identified by direct imaging. MORE |
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61 Virginis |
G5 |
28 |
Virgo |
Also HD 115617; near-twin to our Sun with 1 hot Super Earth and 2 Neptune-mass planets orbiting within 0.48 AU, plus dusty debris belts at wider radii. MORE |
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GJ 849 |
M3.5 |
29 |
Aquarius |
Relatively massive red dwarf, more metallic than the Sun, with a Jupiter twin orbiting at 2.35 AU in a nearly circular orbit (e=0.07); potential icy moons; potential terrestrial planets. MORE |
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GJ 433 |
M1.5 |
29 |
Hydra |
Red dwarf with 1 hot Super Earth |
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GJ 317 |
M3.5 |
30 |
Pyxis |
Lightweight red dwarf with a Jupiter-mass planet at 0.95 AU that is a potential host for icy exomoons; an additional gas giant is likely on a wider orbit |
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GJ 176 |
M2 |
31 |
Taurus |
Also HD 285968; relatively massive red dwarf with a large Super Earth or small Warm Neptune in an orbit of about 9 days |
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GJ 436 |
M2.5 |
33 |
Leo |
Red dwarf with 1 transiting Hot Neptune; additional stable orbits may be possible in the habitable zone and beyond. MORE |
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GJ 649 |
M1.5 |
34 |
Hercules |
Relatively massive red dwarf with 1 Saturn-mass planet on a moderately eccentric orbit (e=0.3) just beyond 1 AU; low-mass planets on interior orbits are possible |
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Pollux |
K0 III |
34 |
Gemini |
Also Beta Geminorum and HD 62509; red giant whose progenitor was an A-type star; 1 known gas giant at 1.6 AU |
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HIP 57050 |
M4 |
36 |
Ursa Major |
Red dwarf with 1 Saturn-mass planet in the habitable zone; potential host for exomoons |
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GJ 86 |
K1, D |
36 |
Eridanus |
Also HD 13445; 1 close-in gas giant 4 times as massive as Jupiter and a white dwarf star orbiting at 20 AU. MORE |
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54 Piscium |
K0, T |
36 |
Pisces |
Also HD 3651; 1 Saturn-mass planet in a close but highly elliptical orbit (e=0.63) and a brown dwarf companion (20-60 Jupiter masses) at 480 AU |
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GJ 179 |
M3.5 |
40 |
Orion |
Red dwarf with a moderately eccentric gas giant (e=0.21) whose minimum mass is smaller than Jupiter's orbiting at 2.4 AU; potential icy moons and potential terrestrial planets |
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55 Cancri |
G8, M4 |
41 |
Cancer |
Yellow primary with a small red binary companion at 1000 AU, plus 1 Hot Super Earth and 4 additional ice and gas giant planets; the outer planet, with 4 times Jupiter's mass, orbits at 5.8 AU and might host a family of icy moons. MORE |
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HD 69830 |
K0 |
41 |
Puppis |
Orange star with 3 Neptune-mass planets orbiting within 0.63 AU, plus a dusty asteroid belt beyond 1 AU. MORE |
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HD 40307 |
K2 |
42 |
Dorado |
Orange star with 3 Super Earths orbiting starward of the system's habitable zone. MORE |
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HD 147513 |
G3, D |
42 |
Scorpio |
Very wide binary system consisting of a G star with a white dwarf companion at 4000 AU; the yellow star has 1 Jupiter-mass planet on a highly eccentric orbit |
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GJ 1214 |
M4.5 |
42 |
Ophiuchus |
Small red dwarf only 16% as massive as our Sun with a transiting Hot Super Earth whose bulk composition is dominated by water and dissipating gases |
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Upsilon Andromedae |
F8, M4 |
44 |
Andromeda |
Also HD 9826; wide binary system (750 AU) with 3 giant planets orbiting the F8 star, which is brighter and more massive than the Sun; the outermost planet, with 3.75 times Jupiter's mass, might host a family of large moons. MORE |
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Gamma Cephei |
K1 IV, |
45 |
Cepheus |
Also Errai and HD 222404; mature binary system with semimajor axis of 19 AU and period of 68 years; the orange subgiant star, with almost 5 times the Sun's diameter, has 1 planet at least 1.6 times Jupiter's mass orbiting at 2 AU; potential host for scorched exomoons. MORE |
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47 Ursae Majoris |
G0 |
46 |
Ursa |
Also HD 95128; yellow star, slightly brighter and older than the Sun, with 3 giant planets beyond the habitable zone in unusually circular obits; potential hosts for exomoons. MORE |
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HIP 79431 |
M3 |
47 |
Scorpio |
Relatively massive red dwarf with 1 gas giant at least twice the mass of Jupiter on a moderately eccentric orbit inside the system ice line |
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Mu Arae |
G3 |
50 |
Ara |
Also HD 160691; 1 Hot Neptune or Super Earth in a star-grazing orbit and 3 giant planets at greater distances; potential hosts for exomoons. MORE |
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51 Pegasi |
G2 |
50 |
Pegasus |
Prototypical Hot Jupiter, nicknamed Bellerophon: a gas giant with 48% of Jupiter's mass orbiting at 0.05 AU (only 4.6 million miles away from the star) |
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Tau Bootis |
F7, M2 |
51 |
Bootes |
Wide binary harboring a single Hot Jupiter with almost 4 times Jupiter's mass, orbiting the F7 star at a distance of 0.046 AU |
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GJ 676A |
M0 |
52 |
Ara |
Relatively massive red dwarf harboring 1 large gas giant with 4 times Jupiter's mass, orbiting beyond the system ice line; potential host for icy exomoons |
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GJ 777 |
G6 IV, |
52 |
Cygnus |
Also HD 190360; triple system with a yellow subgiant and a distant pair of M stars; 1 Hot Neptune and 1 gas giant at 4 AU with more than 1.5 times Jupiter's mass. MORE |
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HD 128311 |
K0 |
54 |
Bootes |
Two planets more massive than Jupiter orbiting in a 2:1 mean motion resonance, plus a debris disk analogous to the Kuiper Belt. MORE |
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HD 7924 |
K0 |
55 |
Cassiopeia |
Orange star with 1 Super Earth or Hot Neptune on a circular orbit with a period of 5.4 days |
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Iota |
G0 |
56 |
Horologium |
Also HD 17051 and HR 810; 1 gas giant twice as massive as Jupiter orbiting starward of the habitable zone; may host a family of moons |
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HD 10647 |
F8 |
56 |
Eridanus |
Young yellow-white star with a debris belt plus 1 Jupiter-sized planet that may host exomoons |
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Rho Coronae Borealis |
G0 |
57 |
Corona |
Mature star, brighter and larger (but slightly less massive) than the Sun, with possible debris disk and 1 Jupiter-mass planet in close orbit |
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GJ 3021 |
G6, M5 |
57 |
Hydrus |
Also HD 1237; yellow star with a very small red binary companion at 70 AU; the primary hosts 1 planet 3 times as massive as Jupiter in a highly elliptical orbit dominating the habitable zone |
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83 Leonis |
G8 IV, |
59 |
Leo |
Also HD 99492; binary consisting of a yellow subgiant and a smaller, dimmer K2 star with 1 planet twice the mass of Neptune in a tight orbit. MORE |
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HD 154345 |
G8 |
59 |
Hercules |
Cool yellow star with a Jupiter analog traveling in a circular orbit (e=0.08) whose semimajor axis is 4.36 AU and whose period is about 9.7 years; Earth-mass planets possible in the habitable zone |
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70 Virginis |
G4 |
59 |
Virgo |
Also HD 117176; debris disk analogous to the Kuiper Belt plus 1 enormous planet with more than 7 times Jupiter's mass orbiting at a distance equivalent to that of Mercury from the Sun |
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14 Herculis |
K0 |
59 |
Hercules |
Also HD 145675; the star is more than 3 times as metallic as the Sun; its single confirmed planet, with about 5 times Jupiter's mass, orbits at 2.8 AU and is a potential host for exomoons; a second gas giant in a wider orbit is predicted but so far unconfirmed. MORE |
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HD 87883 |
K0 |
59 |
Leo |
Mature orange star with one gas giant on an elliptical long-period orbit (e=0.54, period 7.5 years) |
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Pi Mensae |
G1 |
59 |
Mensa |
Also HD 39091; sunlike G star with a single planet 10 times as massive as Jupiter in a highly eccentric orbit |
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Epsilon Reticuli |
K2 IV, |
59 |
Reticulum |
Also HD 27442; binary system whose main component is an orange subgiant or giant, 5 times brighter than the Sun and perhaps 6 times larger, with a white dwarf companion at 240 AU and 1 Jupiter-mass planet at 1.27 AU that may host a family of scorched moons. MORE |
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HD 189733 |
K1, M5 |
63 |
Vulpecula |
Orange star with a transiting Hot Jupiter whose mass and radius are well determined; small red binary companion in a non-coplanar orbit at about 200 AU |
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HD 217107 |
G8 |
64 |
Pisces |
One Hot Jupiter and a second planet with twice Jupiter's mass traveling in a highly eccentric orbit at a distance of more than 4 AU. MORE |
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HD 192263 |
K2 |
65 |
Aquila |
One Jupiter-mass planet in close orbit |
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Notes Last revised April 2010 Data on masses and orbital dynamics are obtained from individual discovery papers; from the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia (EPE); and from Butler et al., Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets. Where available, distances follow the Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets. EPE provides slightly different distances for 55 Cancri, 51 Pegasi, Tau Bootis, and Iota Horologii, and substantially different distances for 70 Virginis and Pi Mensae. Distances listed in EPE would place the last 2 systems outside the 20-parsec sphere. |
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