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The closest exoplanets to Earth

The 60 nearest known planets beyond the Solar System, by the distance to their star. Their light set out only a few years or decades ago; for most of the galaxy it is thousands.

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NameTypeSizeDistance
Proxima Cen bEarth-sized1 × Earth4.24 light-years
Proxima Cen dEarth-sized0.69 × Earth4.24 light-years
Barnard bEarth-sized0.72 × Earth5.96 light-years
Barnard cEarth-sized0.74 × Earth5.96 light-years
Barnard dEarth-sized0.69 × Earth5.96 light-years
Barnard eEarth-sized0.64 × Earth5.96 light-years
eps Eri bGas giant1.2 × Jupiter10.4 light-years
GJ 887 bSuper-Earth1.8 × Earth10.7 light-years
GJ 887 cSub-Neptune2.4 × Earth10.7 light-years
GJ 887 dSub-Neptune2.3 × Earth10.7 light-years
GJ 887 eEarth-sized1.1 × Earth10.7 light-years
Ross 128 bEarth-sized1.1 × Earth11 light-years
Gl 725 A bSuper-Earth1.5 × Earth11.5 light-years
GJ 15 A bSuper-Earth1.6 × Earth11.6 light-years
GJ 15 A cNeptune-like0.6 × Jupiter11.6 light-years
tau Cet fSuper-Earth1.8 × Earth11.8 light-years
tau Cet gEarth-sized1.2 × Earth11.8 light-years
tau Cet hEarth-sized1.2 × Earth11.8 light-years
eps Ind A bGas giant1.1 × Jupiter11.9 light-years
GJ 1061 bEarth-sized1 × Earth12 light-years
GJ 1061 cEarth-sized1.2 × Earth12 light-years
GJ 1061 dEarth-sized1.2 × Earth12 light-years
YZ Cet bEarth-sized0.91 × Earth12.1 light-years
YZ Cet cEarth-sized1.1 × Earth12.1 light-years
YZ Cet dEarth-sized1 × Earth12.1 light-years
Teegarden's Star bEarth-sized1.1 × Earth12.5 light-years
Teegarden's Star cEarth-sized1 × Earth12.5 light-years
Teegarden's Star dEarth-sized0.95 × Earth12.5 light-years
Kapteyn cSub-Neptune2.5 × Earth12.8 light-years
Wolf 1061 bEarth-sized1.2 × Earth14 light-years
Wolf 1061 cSuper-Earth1.7 × Earth14 light-years
Wolf 1061 dSub-Neptune2.7 × Earth14 light-years
GJ 9066 cNeptune-like0.86 × Jupiter14.6 light-years
GJ 674 bSub-Neptune3.3 × Earth14.8 light-years
GJ 687 bNeptune-like4.3 × Earth14.8 light-years
GJ 687 cNeptune-like4.1 × Earth14.8 light-years
GJ 876 bGas giant1.2 × Jupiter15.2 light-years
GJ 876 cGas giant1.2 × Jupiter15.2 light-years
GJ 876 dSub-Neptune2.5 × Earth15.2 light-years
GJ 876 eSub-Neptune3.9 × Earth15.2 light-years
GJ 1002 bEarth-sized1 × Earth15.8 light-years
GJ 1002 cEarth-sized1.1 × Earth15.8 light-years
GJ 832 bGas giant1.2 × Jupiter16.2 light-years
GJ 682 bSuper-Earth1.9 × Earth16.3 light-years
GJ 682 cSub-Neptune2.9 × Earth16.3 light-years
GJ 3323 bEarth-sized1.2 × Earth17.5 light-years
GJ 3323 cSuper-Earth1.3 × Earth17.5 light-years
GJ 251 bSuper-Earth1.8 × Earth18.2 light-years
GJ 251 cSuper-Earth1.8 × Earth18.2 light-years
GJ 411 bSuper-Earth1.4 × Earth18.5 light-years
HD 95735 cSub-Neptune3.8 × Earth18.5 light-years
GJ 229 bSub-Neptune4 × Earth18.8 light-years
GJ 229 A cSub-Neptune2.9 × Earth18.8 light-years
HD 180617 bSub-Neptune3.5 × Earth19.3 light-years
GJ 273 bSuper-Earth1.5 × Earth19.3 light-years
GJ 273 cEarth-sized1.1 × Earth19.3 light-years
HD 20794 bSuper-Earth1.4 × Earth19.6 light-years
HD 20794 dSub-Neptune2 × Earth19.6 light-years
HD 20794 eSub-Neptune2 × Earth19.6 light-years
HD 20794 fSub-Neptune2.3 × Earth19.6 light-years