"Oh dear, there are billions of them out there!"
ExoPlanetSystems is a web application to visualize exoplanet systems. It's an approach to show exoplanet systems with their bodies and orbits in an interactive and animated way.
There are planets, dwarf planets and moons displayed. The Solar System is used as a reference system to allow comparison of exoplanets and their orbits. Notize that materials of exoplanets are based on my own imagination not on direct photography.
The app is based on data from the NASA Exoplanet Archive and PHL's Exoplanets Catalog, so special thanks goes to their work. Both archives are available as CSV data for download.
There are currently 1795 exoplanets orbiting 1111 stars. Many of these stars are within our galactical neighborhood. Most of the exoplanets discovered are large jupiter-sized or neptunian-sized planets. Only a few have the size of our earth and may have the conditions to host liquid water on their surface.
Use your mouse to change scene perspective and zoom. Change the speed by using + and - buttons. You can use the menu on top to get more information or filter the scene to change its appearance.
Filter functions allow you to show/hide certain properties on the scene. You can toggle the visibility of some properties like the orbits, stars, the habitable zones or the inclination of the orbits.
The distances are displayed as blue circles. There are distances in AU (astronomical units - the distance between earth and sun) and light years.
Use the planet system buttons at the bottom to toggle planet systems visibility or to delete them fronm the scene.
| System | No. Planets | Distance in Parsec (Light Years) | habitable planets | action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mu Ara | 4 | 15.3 (49.90) | 2 | load |
| Kepler-46 | 2 | 857 (2795.16) | 0 | load |
| 47 Ursa Majoris | 3 | 13.97 (45.56) | 0 | load |
| Gliese 581 | 4 | 6.21 (20.25) | 1 | load |
| Kepler-296 | 5 | 15 (48.92) | 1 | load |
| Kepler-186 | 5 | 151 (492.50) | 1 | load |