Open Exoplanet Catalogue Explained
The Open Exoplanet Catalogue is a catalogue of all discovered extra-solar planets. It is a new kind of astronomical database decentralized and completely open.[1] [2] [3]
It is considered one of the four exoplanet catalogues most widely used, together with the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia, the NASA Exoplanet Archive, and the Exoplanet Data Explorer.[4]
In 2012, Hanno Rein presented a new kind of astronomical database based on small text files and a distributed version control system.[5]
In 2016, Ryan Varley presented ExoData, Python interface and exploratory analysis tool for the Open Exoplanet Catalogue.[6]
Statistics
As of October 2020, the Open Exoplanet Catalogue has the following statistics:
| Number of confirmed exoplanets | 4319 |
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| Total number of planets (including Solar System objects and unconfirmed exoplanets) | 4441 |
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| Number of planetary systems | 3261 |
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| Number of binary systems | 159 |
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| Number of commits | 19312 | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Open Exoplanet Catalogue. 2020-10-15. www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com.
- Perkel. Jeffrey. 2016-10-06. Democratic databases: science on GitHub. Nature News. en. 538. 7623. 127–128. 10.1038/538127a. 27708327. 2016Natur.538..127P. 4450829. free.
- Alei. E.. Claudi. R.. Bignamini. A.. Molinaro. M.. 2020-04-01. Exo-MerCat: A merged exoplanet catalog with Virtual Observatory connection. Astronomy and Computing. en. 31. 100370. 10.1016/j.ascom.2020.100370. 2002.01834. 2020A&C....3100370A. 211032053. 2213-1337.
- Bashi. Dolev. Helled. Ravit. Zucker. Shay. 2018-08-29. A Quantitative Comparison of Exoplanet Catalogs. 1808.10236. Geosciences. 8. 9. 325. 10.3390/geosciences8090325. 2018Geosc...8..325B. 73600456. 2076-3263. free.
- Rein. Hanno. 2012-12-04. A proposal for community driven and decentralized astronomical databases and the Open Exoplanet Catalogue. astro-ph.EP. 1211.7121.
- 2016-10-01. ExoData: A Python package to handle large exoplanet catalogue data. Computer Physics Communications. en. 207. 298–309. 10.1016/j.cpc.2016.05.009. 0010-4655. Varley. Ryan. 1510.02738. 2016CoPhC.207..298V. 7697127.
