Catalog of Exoplanets

I found something interesting while browsing the web for random pages. A Catalog of Exoplanets, continuously updated by some Planetary Society.

Article here

Catalog here

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Great link rawsom!

I've put that one in my favorites. I hope they've planned for a massive expansion on the website!

IRM

Great links! Hoping that Kepler can produce some quick results. heh, well I'll wait.

I was hoping people here on ATS would appreciate a site like this. It gives you all the data you need to speculate yourself wether something could sustain life or not. Although no such planet exists in that archive yet, as it has not been found, it will be included if and once it is found.

And yes, they are planning to keep the achive up to date with all data that comes from Kepler mission.

I didn't know about this online catalog, so thanks for sharing!


I just wish they would use a little more imagination when they give names to some of these exoplanets...

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Originally posted by ziggystar60
I didn't know about this online catalog, so thanks for sharing!

I just wish they would use a little more imagination when they give names to some of these exoplanets...

Well...

They have Large Telescope.
.. Very Large Telescope
.. Very Very Large Telescope
.. (future) Extremely Large Telescope
.. (future) Superiously Gigantic Awesome Telescope

You get the picture....

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You forgot the highly theoritical
"So Ginormous, You Just Wouldn't Believe It - Telescope"

IRM

Originally posted by InfaRedMan
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You forgot the highly theoritical
"So Ginormous, You Just Wouldn't Believe It - Telescope"

IRM

Sorry about that. I will promise I will try to imagine a bit more responsive responses in the future.

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You forgot the highly theoritical
"So Ginormous, You Just Wouldn't Believe It - Telescope"

That's ridiculous. The So Ginormous, You Wouldn't Believe It - Telescope or SGYWBIT exists in theory only. Humans will never be able to build it and anyone who suggests so should be publicly ridiculed.