• Question: How much planets have been discovered?

    Asked by #JAcer42 to Adrian, Gaia, Jim, Scott, Vicky on 11 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Jim Barrett

      Jim Barrett answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      Around 2000 planets have been discovered so far, although theres many thousands more which are awaiting confirmation

    • Photo: Adrian Buzatu

      Adrian Buzatu answered on 11 Mar 2016:

      Including a strong hint of a new planet in our own solar system.

      Today we believe that there are planets around virtually every star, as about 2000 planets have been observed directly so far.

    • Photo: Scott Lawrie

      Scott Lawrie answered on 14 Mar 2016:

      There are about 2000 exoplanets (planets around another star) confirmed so far. Before the year 2002 we’d hardly seen any, so the search has really sped up in recent years!

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