Known Planetary Systems 
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Geocentric Coordinates (2000) Spectral Type and
Luminosity Class
Number of Known Planetary Bodies Initial Discovery
R.A. Dec. Radial Distance (ly) Discoverer Name Announcement Date
Sol (Sun) - - 0 G2 V 9 Major, thousands of Minor - -
PSR1257+12 13h 0m 1s +12° 40' 0" ~1600 Pulsar 3 A. Wolszczan 1994
PSR 1620-26 16h 20m 34s -26­ 24' 59" ~20,000 Pulsar & White Dwarf (binary) 1 F. A. Rasio 1994
51 Pegasi 22h 57m 27s +20° 46' 5" 50 G2­3 V 1 M. Mayor & D. Queloz 1995 Oct 06
70 Virginis (HR5072) 13h 28m 27s +13° 47' 12" 59 G4 V 1 G. Marcy & R.P. Butler 1996 Jan 17
47 Ursae Majoris (HR4277) 10h 59m 29s +40° 25' 46" 46 G0 V 1 G. Marcy & R.P. Butler 1996 Jan 17
55 rho1 Cancri A (HR3522) 08h 52m 38s +28° 20' 03" 45 G8 V 1 (2?) G. Marcy & R.P. Butler 1996 Apr 12
HD114762 13h 12m 20s +17° 31' 0" 94 F9 V 1 D. Latham1 1989 1
Lalande 21185 11d 3m 21s +36° 2' 24" 8.2 2 M2 2 G. D. Gatewood 1996 Jun 11
tau Bootes A (HR5185, HD120136) 13h 47m 16s +17° 27' 24" 50 F7 V 1 G. Marcy & R.P. Butler 1996 Jun 14
upsilon Andromedae (HR458, HD9826) 1h 36m 48s +41° 24' 20" 54 F8 V 3 G. Marcy & R. P. Butler 1996 Jun 23
16 Cygni B (HR7504) 19h 41m 52s +50° 31' 3" 85 G2.5 V 1 B. Cochran & A. Hatzes;
G. Marcy & R. P. Butler3
1996 Oct (22?)
rho Coronae Borealis (HD143761, HR5968) 16h 1m 3s +33° 18' 52" 55 G0 V 1 R. Noyes, et al. (AFOE team) 1997 Apr 24
Taurus Molecular Ring, star 1 - binary 4h 39m 15s +25° 53' 450 binary 1 S. Terebey, et al. 1998 May 28
Gliese 876 (Hipparcos 113020) 22h 53m 16.2s -14° 15' 43.4" 15 M4 V 1 G. Marcy, et al 1998 June 22
14 Herculis (Gliese 614) 43h 49m 18s +16° 10' 24" 60 K0 V 1 M. Mayor, D. Queloz, et al. 1998 Jul 6
HD187123 19h 46m 58.0s +34° 25' 11" 156 G5 1 R. P. Butler, et al 1998 Sep 9
HD210277 22h 9m 29.8s -7° 32' 55" 68 G0 1 R. P. Butler, et al 1998 Sep 9
Gliese 86 2h 10m 14.4s -50° 50' 1" 35 close binary 1 D. Queloz, et al 1998 Nov 24
HD168443 18h 20m 3.95s -9° 35' 45" 108 G5 1 G. Marcy, et al 1998 Dec 2
HD195019 20h 28m 17.3s +18° 46' 12.7" 65 G3 IV-V 1 G. Marcy, et al 1998 Oct 22
HD217107 22h 58m 15.5s -2° 23' 42.4" 120 G8 IV 1 G. Marcy, et al 1998 Oct 22
HD75289 (HR3497) 8h 47m 41s -41° 44' 14" 94 G0 V 1 M. Mayor, et al. 1999 Feb 1
  1. Confirmed by G. W. Marcy and R. P. Butler on 1996 Apr 22
  2. Lalande 21185 is the 5th closest star to the Sun
  3. Independently discovered by two teams
1 ly = 63242.18 AU = 9.460896·1015 m

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