Transiting Exoplanets

NASA's space mission to search for transiting exoplanets is called Kepler.

Click here to see an animation of Kepler-47's three circumbinary planets.

More information on planet finding can be found at PlanetQuest.

Click and drag mouse up/down to tilt the system from head-on to face-on etc.

Shift-click and drag mouse up/down to zoom in/out.

Select a planet type: Hot Jupiter Earth Clone Earth (no clouds) Rocky Planet

Select a planet size: Huge Jupiter size Super-Earth size Earth size