Exoplanets discovered in 2011

142 confirmed worlds · showing the 120 most Earth-like

Most were found by the transit method; 7 of them sit in or near their star's habitable zone.

★ Most Earth-like
Kepler-22 b
→
★ Nearest to Earth
HD 20794 d
→
ESI 0.81
Kepler-22 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
635 ly
Your weight
2.06 g
Year
290 days
ESI 0.60
HD 20794 d
Sub-Neptune
Distance
19.6 ly
Your weight
≥ 1.15 g
Year
90 days
ESI 0.54
Kepler-20 d
Sub-Neptune
Distance
922 ly
Your weight
1.97 g
Year
78 days
ESI 0.52
Kepler-26 c
Sub-Neptune
Distance
1,094 ly
Your weight
0.84 g
Year
17 days
ESI 0.48
HD 192310 b
Ice / gas giant
Distance
28.7 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.93 g
Year
75 days
ESI 0.45
Kepler-26 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
1,094 ly
Your weight
0.66 g
Year
12 days
ESI 0.45
HD 106270 b
Gas giant
Distance
306 ly
Your weight
23.56 g
Year
5.2 years
ESI 0.44
Kepler-28 c
Sub-Neptune
Distance
1,430 ly
Your weight
0.60 g
Year
9.0 days
ESI 0.44
HD 192310 c
Ice / gas giant
Distance
28.7 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.87 g
Year
526 days
ESI 0.44
HD 142245 b
Gas giant
Distance
317 ly
Your weight
≥ 5.69 g
Year
3.6 years
ESI 0.43
Kepler-16 b
Gas giant
Distance
245 ly
Your weight
1.48 g
Year
229 days
ESI 0.42
Kepler-10 c
Sub-Neptune
Distance
605 ly
Your weight
2.04 g
Year
45 days
ESI 0.42
HD 85390 b
Ice / gas giant
Distance
109 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.83 g
Year
2.2 years
ESI 0.42
HD 137388 b
Gas giant
Distance
132 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.73 g
Year
330 days
ESI 0.42
Kepler-34 b
Gas giant
Distance
5,873 ly
Your weight
0.95 g
Year
289 days
ESI 0.41
HD 20794 b
Rocky world
Distance
19.6 ly
Your weight
≥ 1.28 g
Year
18 days
ESI 0.41
WD 0806-661 b
Gas giant
Distance
62.8 ly
Your weight
15.18 g
Year
–
ESI 0.40
HD 7449 b
Gas giant
Distance
126 ly
Your weight
16.36 g
Year
3.5 years
ESI 0.39
Kepler-20 f
Rocky world
Distance
922 ly
Your weight
1.54 g
Year
20 days
ESI 0.39
HD 132563 b
Gas giant
Distance
343 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.56 g
Year
4.2 years
ESI 0.39
NY Vir b
Gas giant
Distance
1,774 ly
Your weight
4.13 g
Year
8.7 years
ESI 0.38
HD 217786 b
Gas giant
Distance
181 ly
Your weight
–
Year
3.6 years
ESI 0.38
HD 156279 b
Gas giant
Distance
118 ly
Your weight
≥ 19.19 g
Year
133 days
ESI 0.38
Kepler-42 d
Rocky world
Distance
131 ly
Your weight
1.10 g
Year
1.9 days
ESI 0.37
HD 131496 b
Gas giant
Distance
430 ly
Your weight
≥ 3.19 g
Year
2.5 years
ESI 0.36
HD 22781 b
Gas giant
Distance
106 ly
Your weight
–
Year
528 days
ESI 0.36
CFBDSIR J145829+101343 b
Gas giant
Distance
75.3 ly
Your weight
21.70 g
Year
27.5 years
ESI 0.36
HD 18742 b
Gas giant
Distance
531 ly
Your weight
≥ 6.30 g
Year
2.1 years
ESI 0.35
Kepler-28 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
1,430 ly
Your weight
0.42 g
Year
5.9 days
ESI 0.35
HD 63765 b
Gas giant
Distance
106 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.84 g
Year
358 days
ESI 0.34
HD 30856 b
Gas giant
Distance
428 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.70 g
Year
2.3 years
ESI 0.34
Kepler-35 b
Gas giant
Distance
5,933 ly
Your weight
0.61 g
Year
131 days
ESI 0.34
HD 90156 b
Ice / gas giant
Distance
71.6 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.92 g
Year
50 days
ESI 0.34
7 CMa b
Gas giant
Distance
64.6 ly
Your weight
≥ 3.27 g
Year
2.0 years
ESI 0.33
HD 222155 b
Gas giant
Distance
165 ly
Your weight
3.24 g
Year
10.9 years
ESI 0.32
Kepler-19 c
Ice / gas giant
Distance
713 ly
Your weight
0.97 g
Year
29 days
ESI 0.32
HD 103197 b
Ice / gas giant
Distance
186 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.84 g
Year
48 days
ESI 0.32
HD 220773 b
Gas giant
Distance
165 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.49 g
Year
10.2 years
ESI 0.32
HD 82886 b
Gas giant
Distance
414 ly
Your weight
≥ 4.19 g
Year
1.9 years
ESI 0.31
HD 158038 b
Gas giant
Distance
309 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.67 g
Year
521 days
ESI 0.31
HD 79498 b
Gas giant
Distance
160 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.30 g
Year
4.9 years
ESI 0.31
HD 116029 b
Gas giant
Distance
402 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.41 g
Year
1.8 years
ESI 0.31
HD 152581 b
Gas giant
Distance
541 ly
Your weight
≥ 3.31 g
Year
1.9 years
ESI 0.31
HD 99706 b
Gas giant
Distance
478 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.08 g
Year
2.3 years
ESI 0.31
HD 1502 b
Gas giant
Distance
623 ly
Your weight
≥ 5.02 g
Year
429 days
ESI 0.31
Kepler-29 c
Sub-Neptune
Distance
2,715 ly
Your weight
0.82 g
Year
13 days
ESI 0.30
HD 104067 b
Gas giant
Distance
66.4 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.73 g
Year
56 days
ESI 0.30
HD 98219 b
Gas giant
Distance
371 ly
Your weight
≥ 3.48 g
Year
434 days
ESI 0.28
HD 108863 b
Gas giant
Distance
537 ly
Your weight
≥ 4.34 g
Year
438 days
ESI 0.28
HIP 57274 d
Gas giant
Distance
84.3 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.83 g
Year
432 days
ESI 0.28
HD 102329 b
Gas giant
Distance
708 ly
Your weight
≥ 16.34 g
Year
2.1 years
ESI 0.28
Kepler-19 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
713 ly
Your weight
1.25 g
Year
9.3 days
ESI 0.27
Kepler-29 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
2,715 ly
Your weight
0.77 g
Year
10 days
ESI 0.27
Kepler-20 e
Rocky world
Distance
922 ly
Your weight
1.13 g
Year
6.1 days
ESI 0.26
Kepler-20 c
Sub-Neptune
Distance
922 ly
Your weight
1.33 g
Year
11 days
ESI 0.26
HD 33142 b
Gas giant
Distance
396 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.13 g
Year
330 days
ESI 0.25
Kepler-32 c
Sub-Neptune
Distance
1,056 ly
Your weight
–
Year
8.8 days
ESI 0.25
Kepler-24 c
Sub-Neptune
Distance
3,773 ly
Your weight
1.58 g
Year
12 days
ESI 0.25
Kepler-33 f
Ice / gas giant
Distance
3,944 ly
Your weight
0.48 g
Year
41 days
ESI 0.25
HD 96063 b
Gas giant
Distance
457 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.15 g
Year
363 days
ESI 0.25
Kepler-42 b
Rocky world
Distance
131 ly
Your weight
1.16 g
Year
1.2 days
ESI 0.24
HD 204941 b
Gas giant
Distance
93.7 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.72 g
Year
4.7 years
ESI 0.23
HD 28678 b
Gas giant
Distance
619 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.69 g
Year
380 days
ESI 0.23
Kepler-33 e
Ice / gas giant
Distance
3,944 ly
Your weight
0.34 g
Year
32 days
ESI 0.23
Kepler-24 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
3,773 ly
Your weight
2.02 g
Year
8.1 days
ESI 0.22
HIP 57274 c
Gas giant
Distance
84.3 ly
Your weight
≥ 0.64 g
Year
32 days
ESI 0.22
Kepler-27 c
Ice / gas giant
Distance
3,406 ly
Your weight
–
Year
31 days
ESI 0.21
Kepler-23 b
Rocky world
Distance
2,726 ly
Your weight
0.95 g
Year
7.1 days
ESI 0.21
Kepler-18 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
1,412 ly
Your weight
1.73 g
Year
3.5 days
ESI 0.21
Kepler-32 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
1,056 ly
Your weight
–
Year
5.9 days
ESI 0.20
Kepler-23 c
Sub-Neptune
Distance
2,726 ly
Your weight
0.86 g
Year
11 days
ESI 0.20
Kepler-31 b
Ice / gas giant
Distance
5,429 ly
Your weight
1.21 g
Year
21 days
ESI 0.19
Kepler-20 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
922 ly
Your weight
3.09 g
Year
3.7 days
ESI 0.19
Kepler-31 c
Ice / gas giant
Distance
5,429 ly
Your weight
–
Year
43 days
ESI 0.18
HIP 70849 b
Gas giant
Distance
78.5 ly
Your weight
8.59 g
Year
10.0 years
ESI 0.18
Kepler-33 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
3,944 ly
Your weight
≈ 1.22 g
Year
5.7 days
ESI 0.18
Kepler-25 b
Sub-Neptune
Distance
793 ly
Your weight
1.15 g
Year
6.2 days
ESI 0.17
Kepler-27 b
Ice / gas giant
Distance
3,406 ly
Your weight
–
Year
15 days
ESI 0.17
Kepler-18 d
Ice / gas giant
Distance
1,412 ly
Your weight
0.34 g
Year
15 days
ESI 0.17
BD+48 738 b
Gas giant
Distance
2,842 ly
Your weight
≥ 1.50 g
Year
393 days
ESI 0.16
Kepler-18 c
Ice / gas giant
Distance
1,412 ly
Your weight
0.57 g
Year
7.6 days
ESI 0.16
Kepler-42 c
Rocky world
Distance
131 ly
Your weight
–
Year
10.9 hours
ESI 0.16
HD 5891 b
Gas giant
Distance
925 ly
Your weight
≥ 15.27 g
Year
177 days
ESI 0.16
Kepler-25 c
Ice / gas giant
Distance
793 ly
Your weight
0.56 g
Year
13 days
ESI 0.16
HD 96127 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,917 ly
Your weight
7.15 g
Year
1.7 years
ESI 0.15
Kepler-33 d
Ice / gas giant
Distance
3,944 ly
Your weight
0.14 g
Year
22 days
ESI 0.15
CoRoT-20 b
Gas giant
Distance
2,753 ly
Your weight
15.42 g
Year
9.2 days
ESI 0.14
HD 100655 b
Gas giant
Distance
447 ly
Your weight
≥ 2.81 g
Year
158 days
ESI 0.14
HIP 5158 c
Gas giant
Distance
168 ly
Your weight
–
Year
24.7 years
ESI 0.14
Kepler-39 b
Gas giant
Distance
3,449 ly
Your weight
–
Year
21 days
ESI 0.13
Kepler-45 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,246 ly
Your weight
1.39 g
Year
2.5 days
ESI 0.12
WASP-45 b
Gas giant
Distance
689 ly
Your weight
2.72 g
Year
3.1 days
ESI 0.12
HAT-P-27 b
Gas giant
Distance
650 ly
Your weight
1.51 g
Year
3.0 days
ESI 0.10
Kepler-10 b
Rocky world
Distance
605 ly
Your weight
1.50 g
Year
20.1 hours
ESI 0.10
WASP-43 b
Gas giant
Distance
283 ly
Your weight
5.21 g
Year
19.5 hours
ESI 0.10
Kepler-15 b
Gas giant
Distance
2,412 ly
Your weight
1.81 g
Year
4.9 days
ESI 0.10
HD 240237 b
Gas giant
Distance
3,044 ly
Your weight
–
Year
2.0 years
ESI 0.10
Kepler-33 c
Sub-Neptune
Distance
3,944 ly
Your weight
0.04 g
Year
13 days
ESI 0.10
WASP-41 b
Gas giant
Distance
533 ly
Your weight
1.78 g
Year
3.1 days
ESI 0.10
HAT-P-37 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,274 ly
Your weight
2.13 g
Year
2.8 days
ESI 0.10
Qatar-2 b
Gas giant
Distance
592 ly
Your weight
4.01 g
Year
1.3 days
ESI 0.09
HAT-P-31 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,122 ly
Your weight
4.83 g
Year
5.0 days
ESI 0.09
WASP-50 b
Gas giant
Distance
603 ly
Your weight
2.73 g
Year
2.0 days
ESI 0.09
Kepler-43 b
Gas giant
Distance
3,281 ly
Your weight
5.50 g
Year
3.0 days
ESI 0.09
HAT-P-29 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,023 ly
Your weight
1.63 g
Year
5.7 days
ESI 0.09
CoRoT-16 b
Gas giant
Distance
2,389 ly
Your weight
0.99 g
Year
5.4 days
ESI 0.09
WASP-44 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,189 ly
Your weight
1.82 g
Year
2.4 days
ESI 0.09
HAT-P-34 b
Gas giant
Distance
813 ly
Your weight
5.88 g
Year
5.5 days
ESI 0.09
CoRoT-17 b
Gas giant
Distance
3,836 ly
Your weight
5.91 g
Year
3.8 days
ESI 0.08
Kepler-14 b
Gas giant
Distance
2,603 ly
Your weight
16.47 g
Year
6.8 days
ESI 0.08
TrES-5 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,175 ly
Your weight
3.18 g
Year
1.5 days
ESI 0.08
CoRoT-23 b
Gas giant
Distance
3,460 ly
Your weight
6.42 g
Year
3.6 days
ESI 0.08
CoRoT-18 b
Gas giant
Distance
2,495 ly
Your weight
5.12 g
Year
1.9 days
ESI 0.08
Kepler-44 b
Gas giant
Distance
3,875 ly
Your weight
2.13 g
Year
3.2 days
ESI 0.08
Kepler-17 b
Gas giant
Distance
2,351 ly
Your weight
3.61 g
Year
1.5 days
ESI 0.08
WASP-39 b
Gas giant
Distance
698 ly
Your weight
0.43 g
Year
4.1 days
ESI 0.08
WASP-46 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,224 ly
Your weight
3.51 g
Year
1.4 days
ESI 0.08
HAT-P-28 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,309 ly
Your weight
1.08 g
Year
3.3 days
ESI 0.08
WASP-35 b
Gas giant
Distance
660 ly
Your weight
1.06 g
Year
3.2 days
ESI 0.07
WASP-36 b
Gas giant
Distance
1,260 ly
Your weight
3.39 g
Year
1.5 days