Exoplanets discovered in 2016
1,504 confirmed worlds · showing the 120 most Earth-like
Most were found by the transit method; 47 of them sit in or near their star's habitable zone.
ESI 0.89
Proxima Cen b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 4.2 ly
- Your weight
- ≥ 1.01 g
- Year
- 11 days
ESI 0.88
K2-72 e
Rocky world
- Distance
- 217 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.33 g
- Year
- 24 days
ESI 0.85
TRAPPIST-1 d
Rocky world
- Distance
- 40.5 ly
- Your weight
- 0.62 g
- Year
- 4.0 days
ESI 0.84
Kepler-1544 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,093 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.21 g
- Year
- 169 days
ESI 0.82
Kepler-1229 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 866 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.30 g
- Year
- 87 days
ESI 0.81
Kepler-1512 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 528 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.26 g
- Year
- 20 days
ESI 0.80
Kepler-705 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 903 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.15 g
- Year
- 56 days
ESI 0.79
TRAPPIST-1 c
Rocky world
- Distance
- 40.5 ly
- Your weight
- 1.09 g
- Year
- 2.4 days
ESI 0.79
Kepler-1410 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,197 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.21 g
- Year
- 61 days
ESI 0.79
K2-72 c
Rocky world
- Distance
- 217 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.23 g
- Year
- 15 days
ESI 0.78
Kepler-560 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 357 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.22 g
- Year
- 18 days
ESI 0.77
Kepler-1389 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,621 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.21 g
- Year
- 99 days
ESI 0.77
Kepler-1450 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,650 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.22 g
- Year
- 55 days
ESI 0.75
Kepler-991 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,271 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.08 g
- Year
- 83 days
ESI 0.75
Kepler-1638 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 4,976 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.19 g
- Year
- 259 days
ESI 0.75
Kepler-737 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 669 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.17 g
- Year
- 29 days
ESI 0.75
Kepler-1540 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 799 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.09 g
- Year
- 125 days
ESI 0.75
Kepler-1459 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 1,486 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.31 g
- Year
- 63 days
ESI 0.75
Kepler-1552 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,508 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.09 g
- Year
- 185 days
ESI 0.74
Kepler-1362 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,385 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.08 g
- Year
- 136 days
ESI 0.74
Kepler-1185 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 1,498 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.32 g
- Year
- 104 days
ESI 0.73
Kepler-1040 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,572 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.15 g
- Year
- 201 days
ESI 0.73
Kepler-1178 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 1,573 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.08 g
- Year
- 32 days
ESI 0.73
Kepler-1455 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,166 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.14 g
- Year
- 49 days
ESI 0.72
Kepler-1646 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 416 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.35 g
- Year
- 4.5 days
ESI 0.72
Kepler-1582 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 257 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.27 g
- Year
- 4.8 days
ESI 0.72
Kepler-1090 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,801 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.12 g
- Year
- 199 days
ESI 0.71
Kepler-1058 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,605 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.06 g
- Year
- 111 days
ESI 0.71
Kepler-1545 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,381 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.06 g
- Year
- 164 days
ESI 0.70
Kepler-1549 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,619 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.08 g
- Year
- 215 days
ESI 0.70
TRAPPIST-1 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 40.5 ly
- Your weight
- 1.10 g
- Year
- 1.5 days
ESI 0.69
Kepler-1606 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,711 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.15 g
- Year
- 196 days
ESI 0.69
Kepler-1593 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,082 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.02 g
- Year
- 175 days
ESI 0.69
Kepler-1388 e
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,480 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.09 g
- Year
- 38 days
ESI 0.69
Kepler-1341 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,556 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.03 g
- Year
- 133 days
ESI 0.68
Kepler-1636 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 6,352 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.01 g
- Year
- 425 days
ESI 0.68
K2-72 d
Rocky world
- Distance
- 217 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 0.99 g
- Year
- 7.8 days
ESI 0.67
Kepler-896 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 7,616 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.08 g
- Year
- 145 days
ESI 0.67
Kepler-504 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 323 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.25 g
- Year
- 9.5 days
ESI 0.67
Kepler-1503 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 3,997 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.12 g
- Year
- 96 days
ESI 0.67
Kepler-1097 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,348 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.01 g
- Year
- 188 days
ESI 0.67
Kepler-1020 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,355 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.12 g
- Year
- 97 days
ESI 0.66
Kepler-1554 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 3,088 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.04 g
- Year
- 198 days
ESI 0.66
Kepler-1499 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 1,011 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.28 g
- Year
- 44 days
ESI 0.66
Kepler-1539 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,441 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.06 g
- Year
- 133 days
ESI 0.66
Kepler-132 e
Rocky world
- Distance
- 1,140 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.26 g
- Year
- 110 days
ESI 0.65
Kepler-577 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,710 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.08 g
- Year
- 26 days
ESI 0.65
Kepler-1126 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,073 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.22 g
- Year
- 109 days
ESI 0.65
Kepler-967 c
Ice / gas giant
- Distance
- 1,854 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 0.97 g
- Year
- 199 days
ESI 0.65
Kepler-779 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 924 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 0.85 g
- Year
- 7.1 days
ESI 0.65
Kepler-505 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 924 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.08 g
- Year
- 28 days
ESI 0.65
Kepler-1634 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,013 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.01 g
- Year
- 375 days
ESI 0.64
Kepler-1456 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 1,208 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.19 g
- Year
- 18 days
ESI 0.63
Kepler-351 d
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 3,535 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.06 g
- Year
- 143 days
ESI 0.63
Kepler-1177 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 4,240 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.18 g
- Year
- 106 days
ESI 0.63
Kepler-1086 c
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,520 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.04 g
- Year
- 162 days
ESI 0.63
Kepler-1439 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 735 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.28 g
- Year
- 8.1 days
ESI 0.63
Kepler-1630 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,080 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.13 g
- Year
- 510 days
ESI 0.62
Kepler-988 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 994 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.15 g
- Year
- 18 days
ESI 0.62
Kepler-1143 c
Ice / gas giant
- Distance
- 1,811 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 0.97 g
- Year
- 211 days
ESI 0.62
Kepler-1599 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 4,332 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.24 g
- Year
- 122 days
ESI 0.62
Kepler-1038 b
Ice / gas giant
- Distance
- 1,905 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 0.98 g
- Year
- 148 days
ESI 0.62
Kepler-482 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,021 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.11 g
- Year
- 56 days
ESI 0.62
Kepler-834 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,068 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.16 g
- Year
- 13 days
ESI 0.61
Kepler-786 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,583 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.10 g
- Year
- 54 days
ESI 0.61
Kepler-1489 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 4,185 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.21 g
- Year
- 82 days
ESI 0.61
Kepler-1567 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 3,934 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.06 g
- Year
- 154 days
ESI 0.61
Kepler-833 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,524 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.16 g
- Year
- 19 days
ESI 0.61
K2-72 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 217 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.10 g
- Year
- 5.6 days
ESI 0.61
Kepler-1600 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 3,362 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.02 g
- Year
- 386 days
ESI 0.60
Kepler-1460 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,804 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.17 g
- Year
- 30 days
ESI 0.60
Kepler-942 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 706 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.14 g
- Year
- 45 days
ESI 0.60
Kepler-1418 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 1,628 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.23 g
- Year
- 22 days
ESI 0.60
Kepler-985 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,216 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.03 g
- Year
- 116 days
ESI 0.60
Kepler-934 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,985 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.15 g
- Year
- 56 days
ESI 0.60
Kepler-1227 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,034 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.12 g
- Year
- 94 days
ESI 0.60
Kepler-1620 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 2,919 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.24 g
- Year
- 102 days
ESI 0.60
Kepler-1036 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,596 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.03 g
- Year
- 123 days
ESI 0.59
Kepler-1318 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,550 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.02 g
- Year
- 213 days
ESI 0.59
Kepler-888 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,373 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.21 g
- Year
- 71 days
ESI 0.59
Kepler-1548 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,845 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.07 g
- Year
- 125 days
ESI 0.59
Kepler-973 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,071 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.17 g
- Year
- 50 days
ESI 0.59
K2-88 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 361 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.35 g
- Year
- 4.6 days
ESI 0.59
Kepler-401 d
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 3,149 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.12 g
- Year
- 184 days
ESI 0.58
Kepler-610 c
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,759 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.00 g
- Year
- 152 days
ESI 0.58
Kepler-1538 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 3,670 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.05 g
- Year
- 175 days
ESI 0.58
Kepler-218 d
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,141 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.07 g
- Year
- 125 days
ESI 0.58
Kepler-1632 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,338 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.09 g
- Year
- 448 days
ESI 0.58
Kepler-540 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,273 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.06 g
- Year
- 173 days
ESI 0.58
K2-83 c
Rocky world
- Distance
- 409 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.27 g
- Year
- 10.0 days
ESI 0.57
Kepler-1132 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,831 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.11 g
- Year
- 63 days
ESI 0.57
Kepler-549 c
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,072 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.04 g
- Year
- 117 days
ESI 0.57
Kepler-1009 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,158 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.14 g
- Year
- 11 days
ESI 0.57
Kepler-1261 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,428 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.12 g
- Year
- 48 days
ESI 0.57
Kepler-1168 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,455 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.09 g
- Year
- 56 days
ESI 0.57
Kepler-538 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 509 ly
- Your weight
- 2.63 g
- Year
- 82 days
ESI 0.57
Kepler-801 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,436 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.17 g
- Year
- 11 days
ESI 0.56
Kepler-1550 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 3,845 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.03 g
- Year
- 226 days
ESI 0.56
Kepler-993 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,058 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.03 g
- Year
- 22 days
ESI 0.56
Kepler-925 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,993 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.11 g
- Year
- 34 days
ESI 0.56
Kepler-1490 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,814 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.03 g
- Year
- 92 days
ESI 0.56
Kepler-732 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 570 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.13 g
- Year
- 9.5 days
ESI 0.56
EPIC 211822797 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 607 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.18 g
- Year
- 21 days
ESI 0.56
Kepler-630 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,739 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.01 g
- Year
- 161 days
ESI 0.56
Kepler-1388 d
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,480 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.05 g
- Year
- 21 days
ESI 0.56
Kepler-1533 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 3,153 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 0.99 g
- Year
- 309 days
ESI 0.56
Kepler-1535 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,928 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.08 g
- Year
- 139 days
ESI 0.56
Kepler-937 c
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 5,125 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.07 g
- Year
- 153 days
ESI 0.55
Kepler-1237 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 3,471 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.05 g
- Year
- 85 days
ESI 0.55
Kepler-1101 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,422 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.09 g
- Year
- 81 days
ESI 0.55
Kepler-1359 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,005 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.05 g
- Year
- 59 days
ESI 0.55
Kepler-1521 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 675 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.09 g
- Year
- 47 days
ESI 0.55
Kepler-1635 b
Ice / gas giant
- Distance
- 3,488 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 0.97 g
- Year
- 470 days
ESI 0.55
Kepler-712 c
Ice / gas giant
- Distance
- 2,846 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 0.89 g
- Year
- 227 days
ESI 0.55
Kepler-1253 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 1,678 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.32 g
- Year
- 69 days
ESI 0.55
Kepler-782 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 1,457 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.01 g
- Year
- 159 days
ESI 0.54
Kepler-1135 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 4,288 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.19 g
- Year
- 77 days
ESI 0.54
Kepler-987 b
Sub-Neptune
- Distance
- 2,981 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.01 g
- Year
- 105 days
ESI 0.54
Kepler-1605 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 1,782 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 1.10 g
- Year
- 86 days
ESI 0.54
Kepler-1505 b
Rocky world
- Distance
- 1,615 ly
- Your weight
- ≈ 0.87 g
- Year
- 31 days