Exoplanets discovered in 2008

62 confirmed worlds

Most were found by the radial velocity method; 6 of them sit in or near their star's habitable zone.

★ Most Earth-like
HD 48265 b
→
★ Nearest to Earth
GJ 832 b
→
ESI 0.49
HD 48265 b
Gas giant
Distance
295 ly
Your weight
14.81 g
Year
2.1 years
ESI 0.47
HD 285968 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
30.9 ly
Your weight
≥ 1.05 g
Year
8.8 days
ESI 0.45
HD 153950 b
Gas giant
Distance
158 ly
Your weight
≥ 5.38 g
Year
499 days
ESI 0.40
HD 143361 b
Gas giant
Distance
223 ly
Your weight
8.31 g
Year
2.8 years
ESI 0.39
BD-17 63 b
Gas giant
Distance
112 ly
Your weight
10.01 g
Year
1.8 years
ESI 0.38
HD 45364 b
Gas giant
Distance
112 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.74 g
Year
226 days
ESI 0.38
HD 73534 b
Gas giant
Distance
272 ly
Your weight
≥ 1.88 g
Year
4.8 years
ESI 0.37
HD 73267 b
Gas giant
Distance
164 ly
Your weight
7.82 g
Year
3.4 years
ESI 0.37
HD 20868 b
Gas giant
Distance
156 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.12 g
Year
381 days
ESI 0.37
HD 154672 b
Gas giant
Distance
206 ly
Your weight
≥ 10.42 g
Year
164 days
ESI 0.36
HD 45364 c
Gas giant
Distance
112 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.87 g
Year
345 days
ESI 0.36
HD 60532 c
Gas giant
Distance
84.7 ly
Your weight
≥ 4.51 g
Year
1.6 years
ESI 0.35
6 Lyn b
Gas giant
Distance
178 ly
Your weight
≥ 3.33 g
Year
2.5 years
ESI 0.35
HD 145377 b
Gas giant
Distance
174 ly
Your weight
≥ 11.68 g
Year
104 days
ESI 0.34
HD 205739 b
Gas giant
Distance
302 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.35 g
Year
280 days
ESI 0.31
18 Del b
Gas giant
Distance
249 ly
Your weight
≥ 18.73 g
Year
2.7 years
ESI 0.30
HD 187123 c
Gas giant
Distance
150 ly
Your weight
5.24 g
Year
10.4 years
ESI 0.30
HD 183263 c
Gas giant
Distance
177 ly
Your weight
18.94 g
Year
12.8 years
ESI 0.28
HD 47186 c
Gas giant
Distance
122 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.66 g
Year
3.7 years
ESI 0.28
81 Cet b
Gas giant
Distance
330 ly
Your weight
≥ 6.12 g
Year
2.8 years
ESI 0.26
HD 11506 c
Gas giant
Distance
167 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.65 g
Year
224 days
ESI 0.25
HD 139357 b
Gas giant
Distance
366 ly
Your weight
–
Year
3.1 years
ESI 0.22
HD 60532 b
Gas giant
Distance
84.7 ly
Your weight
≥ 1.77 g
Year
202 days
ESI 0.21
HD 11964 c
Ice / gas giant
Distance
109 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.86 g
Year
38 days
ESI 0.20
HD 45652 b
Gas giant
Distance
114 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.67 g
Year
44 days
ESI 0.18
HD 181433 d
Gas giant
Distance
87.7 ly
Your weight
4.93 g
Year
18.9 years
ESI 0.18
HD 173416 b
Gas giant
Distance
431 ly
Your weight
≥ 3.26 g
Year
322 days
ESI 0.17
HD 16417 b
Ice / gas giant
Distance
82.8 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.88 g
Year
17 days
ESI 0.16
14 And b
Gas giant
Distance
246 ly
Your weight
≥ 6.59 g
Year
187 days
ESI 0.14
HD 102272 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,132 ly
Your weight
≥ 9.44 g
Year
128 days
ESI 0.14
OGLE-2006-BLG-109L b
Gas giant
Distance
4,925 ly
Your weight
1.18 g
Year
4.9 years
ESI 0.12
HD 47186 b
Ice / gas giant
Distance
122 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.88 g
Year
4.1 days
ESI 0.12
HR 8799 b
Gas giant
Distance
135 ly
Your weight
11.83 g
Year
465 years
ESI 0.12
WASP-11 b
Gas giant
Distance
407 ly
Your weight
1.62 g
Year
3.7 days
ESI 0.12
HR 8799 c
Gas giant
Distance
135 ly
Your weight
17.75 g
Year
189 years
ESI 0.11
WASP-10 b
Gas giant
Distance
460 ly
Your weight
6.83 g
Year
3.1 days
ESI 0.11
HR 8799 d
Gas giant
Distance
135 ly
Your weight
17.75 g
Year
101 years
ESI 0.11
CoRoT-4 b
Gas giant
Distance
2,369 ly
Your weight
1.29 g
Year
9.2 days
ESI 0.10
GJ 832 b
Gas giant
Distance
16.2 ly
Your weight
1.65 g
Year
10.5 years
ESI 0.10
XO-5 b
Gas giant
Distance
901 ly
Your weight
2.32 g
Year
4.2 days
ESI 0.10
OGLE-2006-BLG-109L c
Gas giant
Distance
4,925 ly
Your weight
0.70 g
Year
13.5 years
ESI 0.08
CoRoT-2 b
Gas giant
Distance
696 ly
Your weight
4.08 g
Year
1.7 days
ESI 0.08
WASP-5 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,008 ly
Your weight
3.38 g
Year
1.6 days
ESI 0.07
bet Pic b
Gas giant
Distance
64.4 ly
Your weight
8.08 g
Year
23.8 years
ESI 0.07
WASP-7 b
Gas giant
Distance
529 ly
Your weight
1.37 g
Year
5.0 days
ESI 0.07
1RXS J160929.1-210524 b
Gas giant
Distance
454 ly
Your weight
8.63 g
Year
–
ESI 0.06
HAT-P-8 b
Gas giant
Distance
690 ly
Your weight
1.65 g
Year
3.1 days
ESI 0.06
WASP-14 b
Gas giant
Distance
528 ly
Your weight
11.74 g
Year
2.2 days
ESI 0.06
HAT-P-9 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,485 ly
Your weight
0.98 g
Year
3.9 days
ESI 0.06
MOA-2007-BLG-400L b
Gas giant
Distance
22,472 ly
Your weight
2.96 g
Year
–
ESI 0.06
CoRoT-3 b
Gas giant
Distance
2,507 ly
Your weight
–
Year
4.3 days
ESI 0.05
OGLE2-TR-L9 b
Gas giant
Distance
5,309 ly
Your weight
4.39 g
Year
2.5 days
ESI 0.05
CoRoT-1 b
Gas giant
Distance
2,570 ly
Your weight
1.17 g
Year
1.5 days
ESI 0.04
FU Tau b
Gas giant
Distance
435 ly
Your weight
–
Year
–
ESI 0.03
HAT-P-7 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,112 ly
Your weight
2.04 g
Year
2.2 days
ESI 0.03
WASP-12 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,393 ly
Your weight
0.96 g
Year
1.1 days
ESI 0.00
USco CTIO 108 b
Gas giant
Distance
470 ly
Your weight
–
Year
–
HD 179079 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
227 ly
Your weight
–
Year
14 days
HD 181433 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
87.7 ly
Your weight
–
Year
9.4 days
HD 181433 c
Sub-Neptune
Distance
87.7 ly
Your weight
–
Year
2.8 years
HD 7924 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
55.4 ly
Your weight
–
Year
5.4 days
MOA-2007-BLG-192L b
Ice / gas giant
Distance
7,045 ly
Your weight
0.97 g
Year
–