Description
An exoplanet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exoplanet) is a planet located outside our solar system. At this moment (october 2014) there are over 1500 exoplanets confirmed. It is very probable that every star in our galaxy holds at least one planet.
Exoplanet data is open and can be found at http://exoplanet.eu/
Class Methods
.new
Instance Methods
.starDistance
Distance from the Sun to the exoplanet's star, measured in Astronomic Units
.ra
Azimuth angle, in degrees
.dec
Elevation angle, in degrees
.pos
An instance of Spherical with the position
.mass
Planet mass, in Jupiter mass
.radius
Planet radius, in Jupiter radius
.orbitalPeriod
Measured in [Earth's] days.
.molecules
Whether any molecules were detected
.inclination
Inclination over its axis, in degrees
.temperature
Estimated temperature, in ºK
.name
Usually something strange
.discoveredIn
.detectionMethod
.starName
.eccentricity
Examples
See Galaxy