Planet hunters team discoveries

The Planet Hunters project is a citizen science initiative that allows amateur astronomers and the general public to help analyze light curves from the Kepler space telescope in order to identify new exoplanets. The team behind Planet Hunters has made several notable discoveries since its inception.

TOI-1338 is a binary star system located approximately 330 light-years away from Earth. It is known for hosting two exoplanets, TOI-1338 b and TOI-1338 c. The system was identified and studied through NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission, which is designed to discover and characterize exoplanets by observing the light curves of stars for transits—periodic dimming caused by planets passing in front of them.

TOI-2180 b is an exoplanet that was discovered using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). It is classified as a hot Jupiter, which means it is a gas giant that orbits very close to its host star, resulting in high temperatures. TOI-2180 b is notable for being relatively large and having a mass that is approximately 3.4 times that of Jupiter.

TOI-5678 b is an exoplanet discovered using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). It is classified as a sub-Neptune, which means it is a smaller planet than Neptune but larger than Earth. TOI-5678 b orbits its host star, which is a K-dwarf star, and it is located approximately 185 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Eridanus.

TOI-700 is an exoplanet system located about 100.5 light-years away in the constellation Dorado. It is notable because it contains at least one confirmed exoplanet, TOI-700 d, which is categorized as a potentially habitable zone planet. The system was identified through NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission.

TOI-700 d is an exoplanet located in the habitable zone of its star, TOI-700, which is situated about 100 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Dorado. It was discovered using data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a NASA mission designed to identify and characterize exoplanets. TOI-700 d is particularly interesting because it is roughly Earth-sized, with a mass and radius close to those of our own planet.