Planets around other stars that are rocky or close to Earth in size, or that orbit in the habitable zone where liquid water could exist on a surface. A planet belongs here when its cited article calls it rocky, Earth-sized, a super-Earth or a planet in its star's habitable zone. Members are placed here from their own cited Wikipedia articles, each with a verbatim supporting quotation, so a reader can check why an entry sits in this group. The grouping forms part of the browse path for this section of the atlas.
All Rocky and Habitable-Zone Exoplanets
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Kepler-452b (Wikipedia)
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Kepler-452b (sometimes quoted to be an Earth 2.0 or Earth's Cousin based on its characteristics; also known by its Kepler object of interest designation KOI-7016.01) is a disputed super-Earth exoplanet candidate.
Kepler-186f (Wikipedia)
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Kepler-186f (also known by its Kepler object of interest designation KOI-571.05) is a candidate Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Kepler-186, the outermost of five planets discovered around the star by NASA's Kepler space telescope.
Proxima Centauri b (Wikipedia)
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Proxima Centauri b is an exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri in the constellation Centaurus.
TRAPPIST-1e (Wikipedia)
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TRAPPIST-1e is a rocky, close-to-Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone around the ultra-cool red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, located 40.7 light-years (12.5 parsecs; 385 trillion kilometers; 239 trillion miles) away from Earth in the constellation of Aquarius.
55 Cancri Ae
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55 Cancri Ae was discovered in data taken during 2003-2004 and announced in 2004, thus making it the first super-Earth discovered around a main sequence star, predating Gliese 876 d by a year.
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