# The most famous exoplanets

From 51 Pegasi b, the first planet found around a Sun-like star, to our nearest neighbour Proxima Centauri b, the seven worlds of TRAPPIST-1 and Kepler-16b, a "Tatooine" with two suns: the planets beyond the Solar System that get talked about most. Which is the most amazing?

- 12 votes · 16 items
- Nov 4, 2025 · sarcasm.lost
- https://even.best/en/l/3673/the-most-famous-exoplanets

## Top 16

1. **Proxima Centauri b** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The nearest exoplanet to us, only 4.2 light-years away.
2. **The PSR B1257+12 planets** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The first confirmed exoplanets (1992), around a neutron star.
3. **HD 209458 b** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The first transiting exoplanet and the first with a detected atmosphere.
4. **Kepler-186 f** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The first Earth-sized planet in a habitable zone (2014).
5. **Gliese 436 b** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A huge cloud of hydrogen trails behind it.
6. **51 Pegasi b** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — The first planet around a Sun-like star (1995); a Nobel Prize for Mayor and Queloz.
7. **WASP-12 b** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Its star is tearing it apart with tidal forces.
8. **HD 40307 g** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — A super-Earth with very strong gravity.
9. **Kepler-452 b** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — "Earth's cousin", around a Sun-like star (2015).
10. **Kepler-22 b** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A habitable-zone planet found by the Kepler telescope.
11. **TRAPPIST-1 e** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — One of seven Earth-sized planets in a system 39 light-years away.
12. **K2-18 b** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The first potentially habitable planet with water vapour in its atmosphere.
13. **Kepler-16 b** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — It orbits two stars, like Star Wars' Tatooine.
14. **55 Cancri e** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A super-Earth with lava oceans, once nicknamed the "diamond planet".
15. **KELT-9 b** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — About 4,600 K: hotter than some stars.
16. **PSO J318.5-22** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A rogue planet wandering without a star.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.