Which exoplanet is closest to Earth in size?

26 transiting exoplanets measure within 1% of Earth's radius, closer than their measurements can tell apart, and the nearest of them is LHS 475 b, 40.7 ly away at 0.99 times Earth's radius. Everything about LHS 475 b

Closest to Earth's size
LHS 475 b
0.99× Earth's radius · 40.7 ly
The top 25
#WorldRadiusDistance
★ 1LHS 475 b0.99× Earth's radius40.7 ly
2HD 101581 c0.99× Earth's radius41.7 ly
3TOI-5388.010.99× Earth's radius60.4 ly
4TOI-2267 b1.00× Earth's radius73.5 ly
5K2-239 c1.00× Earth's radius101 ly
6TOI-2322 b0.99× Earth's radius195 ly
7K2-72 d1.01× Earth's radius217 ly
8K2-229 b1.00× Earth's radius335 ly
9EPIC 206215704 b1.00× Earth's radius358 ly
10EPIC 206032309 b1.01× Earth's radius526 ly
11Kepler-398 c1.01× Earth's radius578 ly
12EPIC 201833600 c1.00× Earth's radius840 ly
13Kepler-381 b0.99× Earth's radius872 ly
14Kepler-1800 b1.00× Earth's radius1,143 ly
15Kepler-969 c0.99× Earth's radius1,273 ly
16Kepler-322 b1.01× Earth's radius1,306 ly
17Kepler-1081 b1.01× Earth's radius1,371 ly
18Kepler-1482 b1.01× Earth's radius1,851 ly
19EPIC 220492298 b0.99× Earth's radius2,037 ly
20Kepler-595 c1.01× Earth's radius2,097 ly
21Kepler-392 b1.00× Earth's radius2,223 ly
22Kepler-1047 c0.99× Earth's radius2,667 ly
23Kepler-1278 b1.01× Earth's radius2,901 ly
24Kepler-1417 b1.00× Earth's radius3,235 ly
25Kepler-1464 c1.00× Earth's radius3,756 ly

Showing the top 25 of 4,700 that qualify.

How we know

A transiting planet's size is measured rather than inferred: it blocks a fixed fraction of its star's light on every crossing, and that fraction is a direct ratio of the two sizes. The number still carries an uncertainty of a few percent, most of it inherited from the size of the star, so every world within about 1% of Earth's radius is Earth's size as far as anyone can tell. This table lists those first, nearest to us first, since the nearest one is the one astronomers can study best, and then everything else by how close its radius comes.

Size is only one half of being Earth-like. A world the size of Earth can orbit close enough to its star to melt or far enough out to freeze, and a radius says nothing about air or water; the Earth Similarity Index, which weighs temperature alongside size, is the better single measure of that. Only planets found by the transit method are ranked, because theirs are the sizes measured geometrically, and disputed detections are left out.

Common questions

Which exoplanet is closest to Earth in size?

26 transiting exoplanets measure within 1% of Earth's radius, closer than their measurements can tell apart, and the nearest of them is LHS 475 b, 40.7 ly away at 0.99 times Earth's radius.

How many exoplanets are the same size as Earth?

26 transiting exoplanets here measure within 1% of Earth's radius and 92 within 5%, out of 4,708 found by the transit method. Many more surely exist: small planets are the hardest kind to find.

Does Earth-sized mean Earth-like?

No. A planet can match Earth's size and still orbit close enough to its star to melt, or far enough out to freeze, and its size alone says nothing about air or water. The Earth Similarity Index, which weighs temperature alongside size, is the closer measure of an Earth-like world.

How do astronomers measure the size of a planet they cannot see?

By the shadow it casts. When a planet crosses its star it blocks a share of the light equal to the ratio of their areas, so an Earth-sized planet crossing a Sun-like star dims it by about one part in twelve thousand. The star's own size has to be known first, and that is where most of the uncertainty comes from.

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