Exoplanets discovered in 2009

87 confirmed worlds

Most were found by the radial velocity method; 13 of them sit in or near their star's habitable zone.

Most Earth-like
HD 16175 b
Nearest to Earth
GJ 581 e
ESI 0.53
HD 16175 b
Gas giant
Distance
195 ly
Your weight
11.45 g
Year
2.7 years
ESI 0.49
GJ 581 e
Rocky world
Distance
20.5 ly
Your weight
1.30 g
Year
3.1 days
ESI 0.48
HD 86264 b
Gas giant
Distance
221 ly
Your weight
19.95 g
Year
4.1 years
ESI 0.45
HD 38801 b
Gas giant
Distance
298 ly
Your weight
≥ 19.73 g
Year
1.9 years
ESI 0.42
HD 147018 c
Gas giant
Distance
132 ly
Your weight
≥ 12.90 g
Year
2.8 years
ESI 0.42
HD 30562 b
Gas giant
Distance
85.3 ly
Your weight
2.53 g
Year
3.2 years
ESI 0.42
61 Vir d
Ice / gas giant
Distance
27.7 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.88 g
Year
123 days
ESI 0.41
HD 175167 b
Gas giant
Distance
232 ly
Your weight
Year
3.2 years
ESI 0.41
BD+14 4559 b
Gas giant
Distance
161 ly
Your weight
≥ 1.74 g
Year
269 days
ESI 0.40
HD 8673 b
Gas giant
Distance
123 ly
Your weight
Year
4.5 years
ESI 0.40
HIP 5158 b
Gas giant
Distance
168 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.44 g
Year
346 days
ESI 0.38
GJ 1214 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
47.8 ly
Your weight
1.13 g
Year
1.6 days
ESI 0.37
HD 34445 b
Gas giant
Distance
150 ly
Your weight
≥ 1.35 g
Year
2.9 years
ESI 0.37
HD 9446 c
Gas giant
Distance
164 ly
Your weight
≥ 3.22 g
Year
193 days
ESI 0.36
HD 171238 b
Gas giant
Distance
146 ly
Your weight
17.90 g
Year
4.1 years
ESI 0.36
HD 129445 b
Gas giant
Distance
220 ly
Your weight
4.51 g
Year
5.0 years
ESI 0.36
HIP 79431 b
Gas giant
Distance
47.4 ly
Your weight
≥ 3.72 g
Year
112 days
ESI 0.36
HD 16760 b
Gas giant
Distance
164 ly
Your weight
Year
466 days
ESI 0.36
HAT-P-13 c
Gas giant
Distance
805 ly
Your weight
Year
446 days
ESI 0.35
HD 148156 b
Gas giant
Distance
186 ly
Your weight
≥ 1.40 g
Year
2.8 years
ESI 0.35
BD-08 2823 c
Gas giant
Distance
135 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.67 g
Year
238 days
ESI 0.34
HD 125612 d
Gas giant
Distance
188 ly
Your weight
14.14 g
Year
7.7 years
ESI 0.34
HD 190984 b
Gas giant
Distance
483 ly
Your weight
6.73 g
Year
13.4 years
ESI 0.34
HD 181720 b
Gas giant
Distance
196 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.65 g
Year
2.6 years
ESI 0.34
HD 156411 b
Gas giant
Distance
185 ly
Your weight
≥ 1.20 g
Year
2.3 years
ESI 0.34
HD 89307 b
Gas giant
Distance
104 ly
Your weight
3.58 g
Year
5.9 years
ESI 0.34
HD 181342 b
Gas giant
Distance
393 ly
Your weight
≥ 4.63 g
Year
564 days
ESI 0.33
HD 164604 b
Gas giant
Distance
128 ly
Your weight
Year
1.8 years
ESI 0.33
HD 136418 b
Gas giant
Distance
343 ly
Your weight
≥ 3.85 g
Year
464 days
ESI 0.32
HD 152079 b
Gas giant
Distance
287 ly
Your weight
≥ 4.85 g
Year
8.0 years
ESI 0.32
HD 96167 b
Gas giant
Distance
278 ly
Your weight
≥ 1.16 g
Year
498 days
ESI 0.32
HD 6718 b
Gas giant
Distance
167 ly
Your weight
4.31 g
Year
6.8 years
ESI 0.32
HD 126614 b
Gas giant
Distance
238 ly
Your weight
0.67 g
Year
3.4 years
ESI 0.31
HD 180902 b
Gas giant
Distance
341 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.94 g
Year
511 days
ESI 0.31
61 Vir c
Ice / gas giant
Distance
27.7 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.91 g
Year
38 days
ESI 0.31
HIP 14810 d
Gas giant
Distance
165 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.94 g
Year
2.7 years
ESI 0.31
HD 206610 b
Gas giant
Distance
480 ly
Your weight
≥ 3.60 g
Year
1.8 years
ESI 0.31
HD 13931 b
Gas giant
Distance
155 ly
Your weight
5.11 g
Year
11.5 years
ESI 0.30
CoRoT-9 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,347 ly
Your weight
1.87 g
Year
95 days
ESI 0.30
HD 215497 c
Gas giant
Distance
132 ly
Your weight
0.66 g
Year
566 days
ESI 0.30
HD 290327 b
Gas giant
Distance
184 ly
Your weight
≥ 4.37 g
Year
6.7 years
ESI 0.28
HD 212771 b
Gas giant
Distance
363 ly
Your weight
≥ 4.29 g
Year
381 days
ESI 0.27
HD 148427 b
Gas giant
Distance
233 ly
Your weight
2.03 g
Year
332 days
ESI 0.27
HD 95089 b
Gas giant
Distance
447 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.13 g
Year
464 days
ESI 0.27
HD 4313 b
Gas giant
Distance
445 ly
Your weight
≥ 3.41 g
Year
356 days
ESI 0.27
HD 87883 b
Gas giant
Distance
59.7 ly
Your weight
12.43 g
Year
8.2 years
ESI 0.26
HD 147018 b
Gas giant
Distance
132 ly
Your weight
≥ 3.75 g
Year
44 days
ESI 0.26
HD 86226 b
Gas giant
Distance
149 ly
Your weight
0.70 g
Year
4.5 years
ESI 0.22
HD 134987 c
Gas giant
Distance
85.4 ly
Your weight
≥ 1.35 g
Year
13.7 years
ESI 0.21
GJ 649 b
Gas giant
Distance
33.9 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.70 g
Year
1.6 years
ESI 0.21
HD 110014 b
Gas giant
Distance
329 ly
Your weight
≥ 22.92 g
Year
2.3 years
ESI 0.19
61 Vir b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
27.7 ly
Your weight
≥ 1.15 g
Year
4.2 days
ESI 0.19
CoRoT-7 c
Sub-Neptune
Distance
522 ly
Your weight
1.05 g
Year
3.7 days
ESI 0.19
47 UMa d
Gas giant
Distance
45.0 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.86 g
Year
38.3 years
ESI 0.17
HD 9446 b
Gas giant
Distance
164 ly
Your weight
≥ 1.14 g
Year
30 days
ESI 0.16
HD 240210 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,215 ly
Your weight
≥ 10.11 g
Year
502 days
ESI 0.16
HD 32518 b
Gas giant
Distance
398 ly
Your weight
≥ 5.20 g
Year
157 days
ESI 0.14
11 UMi b
Gas giant
Distance
409 ly
Your weight
Year
516 days
ESI 0.14
CoRoT-6 b
Gas giant
Distance
2,105 ly
Your weight
5.51 g
Year
8.9 days
ESI 0.13
BD+20 2457 c
Gas giant
Distance
5,022 ly
Your weight
≥ 25.78 g
Year
1.7 years
ESI 0.13
HD 125612 c
Ice / gas giant
Distance
188 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.94 g
Year
4.2 days
ESI 0.13
gam1 Leo b
Gas giant
Distance
130 ly
Your weight
≥ 17.86 g
Year
429 days
ESI 0.13
CoRoT-7 b
Rocky world
Distance
522 ly
Your weight
1.44 g
Year
20.5 hours
ESI 0.12
GJ 179 b
Gas giant
Distance
40.3 ly
Your weight
1.59 g
Year
6.3 years
ESI 0.12
HAT-P-12 b
Gas giant
Distance
466 ly
Your weight
0.58 g
Year
3.2 days
ESI 0.11
Kepler-4 b
Ice / gas giant
Distance
1,591 ly
Your weight
1.53 g
Year
3.2 days
ESI 0.10
WASP-6 b
Gas giant
Distance
643 ly
Your weight
0.94 g
Year
3.4 days
ESI 0.09
BD+20 2457 b
Gas giant
Distance
5,022 ly
Your weight
Year
380 days
ESI 0.08
WASP-16 b
Gas giant
Distance
633 ly
Your weight
2.11 g
Year
3.1 days
ESI 0.07
Kepler-6 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,915 ly
Your weight
0.99 g
Year
3.2 days
ESI 0.06
CoRoT-5 b
Gas giant
Distance
2,878 ly
Your weight
0.61 g
Year
4.0 days
ESI 0.06
WASP-13 b
Gas giant
Distance
742 ly
Your weight
0.61 g
Year
4.4 days
ESI 0.05
WASP-15 b
Gas giant
Distance
920 ly
Your weight
0.69 g
Year
3.8 days
ESI 0.05
HAT-P-13 b
Gas giant
Distance
805 ly
Your weight
1.33 g
Year
2.9 days
ESI 0.05
Kepler-5 b
Gas giant
Distance
2,935 ly
Your weight
2.63 g
Year
3.5 days
ESI 0.05
WASP-18 b
Gas giant
Distance
403 ly
Your weight
16.78 g
Year
22.6 hours
ESI 0.05
DP Leo b
Gas giant
Distance
997 ly
Your weight
12.37 g
Year
28.0 years
ESI 0.05
Kepler-7 b
Gas giant
Distance
3,009 ly
Your weight
0.42 g
Year
4.9 days
ESI 0.04
WASP-19 b
Gas giant
Distance
875 ly
Your weight
1.46 g
Year
18.9 hours
ESI 0.04
WASP-17 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,324 ly
Your weight
0.56 g
Year
3.7 days
BD-08 2823 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
135 ly
Your weight
Year
5.6 days
HD 215497 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
132 ly
Your weight
Year
3.9 days
HD 40307 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
42.2 ly
Your weight
Year
4.3 days
HD 40307 c
Sub-Neptune
Distance
42.2 ly
Your weight
Year
9.6 days
HD 40307 d
Sub-Neptune
Distance
42.2 ly
Your weight
Year
20 days
MOA-2008-BLG-310L b
Ice / gas giant
Distance
25,114 ly
Your weight
0.87 g
Year
OGLE-2007-BLG-368L b
Ice / gas giant
Distance
19,243 ly
Your weight
0.90 g
Year