• Question: How many Planets have been descovered

    Asked by smurfing to Adam, Geoff, Rob, Sheila, Suzie on 15 Mar 2011 in Categories: . This question was also asked by lucyy, chloelouise.
    • Photo: Adam Tuff

      Adam Tuff answered on 14 Mar 2011:

      At the moment, we have discovered (apart from our own solar system) about 530 planets in orbit around other stars, with about another 1,000 needing investigation – we only knew of a few about fiften years ago, so I bet in another fifteen years we will know of thousands!

    • Photo: Sheila Kanani

      Sheila Kanani answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      Well I know of 8 in our Solar System and more and more exoplanets are being discovered every day. I think the current total is about 100 but I might be completely off!

    • Photo: Robert Simpson

      Robert Simpson answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      Over 500 to date! There is actually a cool website they break down the various types and how they were discovered: http://exoplanet.eu/catalog.php

    • Photo: Suzie Sheehy

      Suzie Sheehy answered on 15 Mar 2011:

      Ooh, I don’t know the number is growing every day. I think it’s over 500 now, maybe even up to 1000!

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