5,000 possible alien worlds in less than 4 years for NASA planet-hunting mission

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t's been a busy four years for NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and the scientists who seek planets in its data.

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This site lists 176 confirmed TESS exoplanets now, NASA Exoplanet Archive (caltech.edu)

Using descriptive stats, the average mass = 0.855 jupiter. The orbital periods range 0.32 to 261 days. The average semi-major axis = 0.103 au, ranging 0.00622 au to 0.91359 au. Most of these are somewhat large exoplanets (the average radii larger than 5 earth radii) and orbit very close to their host stars.