← 🪐 Astronomy

🪐 Exoplanet Builder

Host star
🟢 Show habitable zone
Computed properties
Bulk density:
Equilibrium temp:
Composition:
Habitable zone:
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🪐 How Astronomers Classify an Exoplanet

Set a simulated exoplanet's mass, radius and orbital distance and watch it slot live into a real classification category — hot Jupiter, super-Earth, ice giant or potentially habitable rocky world — exactly as astronomers reason from transit and radial-velocity data.

🔬 What It Demonstrates

Mass and radius combine into bulk density, which separates rocky from gas-wrapped worlds; orbital distance relative to the host star's habitable zone then determines whether a rocky planet could host liquid water.

🎮 How to Use

Drag the mass, radius and orbital-distance sliders, switch the host star type, and watch the classification badge, density, equilibrium temperature and habitable-zone status update instantly as the planet orbits.

💡 Did You Know?

Planets between about 1.5 and 2 Earth radii are surprisingly rare — a "radius valley" splits them into dense rocky super-Earths and puffy, gas-wrapped sub-Neptunes, likely because early stellar radiation strips thin atmospheres away.