Astronomy
Pie Chart of Exoplanet Discoveries by Detection Method
Last reviewed on 2026-05-22.
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Of the ~5,000+ confirmed exoplanets, the transit method (used by Kepler and TESS) has identified the vast majority. Radial velocity, the original method, comes second.
The data
- Transit — 76 %
- Radial velocity — 19 %
- Microlensing — 3 %
- Imaging — 1 %
- Other — 1 %
Source
NASA Exoplanet Archive.
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