List of smallest exoplanets
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Below is a list of the smallest exoplanets so far discovered, in terms of physical size, ordered by radius.
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The sizes are listed in units of Earth radii ({{Earth radius}}). All planets listed are smaller than Earth and Venus, up to 0.7 Earth radii. The NASA Exoplanet Archive is used as the main data source. Radii listed in italics are estimates.
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! Exoplanet ! Radius ({{Earth radius|link=y}}) !class="unsortable"| Notes and references |
SDSS J0845+2257 b
|0.01-0.013 |Planetesimal, enhanced in iron and silicates. {{cite journal | url=https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/451/3/3237/1197266?login=false | doi=10.1093/mnras/stv1201 | doi-access=free | title=The composition of a disrupted extrasolar planetesimal at SDSS J0845+2257 (Ton 345) | date=2015 | last1=Wilson | first1=D. J. | last2=Gänsicke | first2=B. T. | last3=Koester | first3=D. | last4=Toloza | first4=O. | last5=Pala | first5=A. F. | last6=Breedt | first6=E. | last7=Parsons | first7=S. G. | journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society | volume=451 | issue=3 | pages=3237–3248 | arxiv=1505.07466 }} |
WD 1145+017 b
| Disintegrating planetesimal, likely one of several orbiting its star. Likely about one-tenth the mass of Ceres and ~200 km in radius. |
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| Ceres | 0.0742 | Shown for comparison |
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| Pluto | 0.1863 | Shown for comparison |
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| Moon | 0.2725 | Shown for comparison |
Kepler-37b
| {{val|0.3098|0.0059|0.0076}} |
BD+05 4868 Ab
| ~0.314 |Disintegrating planet, radius is just an estimate.{{Cite arXiv|last=Hon |first=Marc |last2=Rappaport |first2=Saul |last3=Shporer |first3=Avi |last4=Vanderburg |first4=Andrew |last5=Collins |first5=Karen A. |last6=Watkins |first6=Cristilyn N. |last7=Schwarz |first7=Richard P. |last8=Barkaoui |first8=Khalid |last9=Yee |first9=Samuel W. |title=A Disintegrating Rocky Planet with Prominent Comet-like Tails Around a Bright Star |date=2025-01-09 |arxiv=2501.05431}} |
PSR B1257+12 b (Draugr)
| ~0.338 | Least massive known exoplanet, at 0.02 Earth masses. Radius predicted from mass-radius relationship.{{Cite web|url=https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/7134/psr-b125712-b/|title = Exoplanet-catalog}} |
Kepler-1520b
| rowspan=3 | ≲0.36 | rowspan=3 | Disintegrating planets with poorly known radii, all thought to be smaller than Mercury. |
KOI-2700b |
K2-22b |
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| Mercury | 0.3826 | Shown for comparison |
Kepler-879c
| {{val|0.4|0.1}} |
Kepler-444b
| {{val|0.403|0.016|0.014}} |
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| Ganymede | 0.413 | Shown for comparison |
Kepler-158d
| {{val|0.43|0.05}} |
Kepler-102b
| {{val|0.460|0.026}} |
Kepler-444c
| {{val|0.497|0.021|0.017}} |
Kepler-1971b (KOI-4777.01)
| {{val|0.51|0.03}} |
Kepler-1489c
| {{val|0.51|0.08}} |
Kepler-1994b
| {{val|0.51|0.06|0.05}} | {{Cite web|title=Kepler-1994|url=https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/overview/Kepler-1994%20b|website=NASA Exoplanet Archive|accessdate=16 June 2023}} |
Kepler-1308b
| {{val|0.52|0.06|0.05}} | |
Kepler-444d
| {{val|0.530|0.022|0.019}} |
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| Mars | 0.5325 | Shown for comparison |
Kepler-62c
| {{val|0.54|0.03}} | |
Kepler-444e
| {{val|0.546|0.017|0.015}} |
Gliese 238 b
| {{val|0.566|0.014}} |
Kepler-102c
| {{val|0.567|0.028}} |
Kepler-42d
| {{val|0.57|0.18}} | |
Kepler-1583b
| {{val|0.60|0.09|0.05}} | |
Kepler-1998b
| {{val|0.6|0.08|0.04}} | {{Cite web|title=Kepler-1998|url=https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/overview/Kepler-1998%20b|website=NASA Exoplanet Archive|accessdate=16 June 2023}} |
Kepler-963c
| {{val|0.6|0.2}} |
Kepler-974c (KOI-1843.03)
| {{val|0.61|0.12|0.08}} | Candidate. {{As of|2025}}, the Exoplanet Archive lists it as confirmed. |
Kepler-1087b
| {{val|0.61|0.17|0.05}} | |
K2-89b
| {{val|0.615|0.080}} | |
Kepler-1877b
| 0.624 | |
Barnard's Star e
| ~0.637 | Radius predicted from mass-radius relationship. Least massive exoplanet detected by radial velocity and possibly smallest known within 10 parsecs. |
K2-137b
| The discovery paper finds a larger radius of {{val|0.89|0.09|u=Earth radius}} |
Kepler-1371c
| {{val|0.64|0.07|0.05}} | |
Kepler-138b
| {{val|0.64|0.02}} |
Kepler-1130d
| 0.645 | |
Kepler-1351b
| {{val|0.65|0.05|0.04}} | |
Kepler-1542c
| {{val|0.65|0.09|0.06}} | |
Kepler-271d
| {{val|0.66|0.05}} | |
Kepler-431c
| 0.668 | |
Kepler-1558b
| {{val|0.68|0.06|0.04}} | |
LHS 1678 b
| {{val|0.685|0.037|0.035}} |
K2-116b
| {{val|0.69|0.04}} | |
Kepler-141b
| {{val|0.69|0.05}} | |
K2-297b (EPIC 201497682 b)
| {{val|0.692|0.059|0.048}} | |
Barnard's Star d
| ~0.694 |
Gliese 367 b (Tahay)
| {{val|0.699|0.024}} | Smallest exoplanet within 10 parsecs with a measured radius. |
Kepler-2003b (KOI-4978.02)
| {{val|0.7|0.1}} |
Kepler-378c
| {{val|0.70|0.05}} | |
=Excluded objects=
Kepler-37e is listed with a radius of {{val|0.37|0.18|ul=Earth radius}} in the Exoplanet Archive based on KOI data, but the existence of this planet is doubtful, and assuming its existence, a 2023 study found a mass of {{val|8.1|1.7|ul=Earth mass}}, inconsistent with such a small radius.
KOI-6705.01, listed as a potential very small planet in the KOI dataset, was shown to be a false positive in 2016.
Candidate planets
Below shows a list candidate planets below {{earth radius|0.7}}. These planets have yet to be confirmed.
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! Kepler object of interest ! Radius ({{Earth radius|link=y}}) ! class="unsortable"| Notes and references |
SDSS J1228+1040 b (SDSS J122859.92+104033.0 b, WD 1226+110 b) | 0.010{{±|0.0504|0.0085 |
| Extrasolar planetesimal. Likely a remnant iron core. Radius is in the range of 1.2{{snd}}120 km. Has been disputed in a 2023 publication.{{Citation |last1=Ates Goksu |first1=Olcay |title=Eccentric Gas Disk Orbiting the White Dwarf SDSS J1228+1040 |date=2023-08-01 |url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023arXiv230801234A |access-date=2024-04-15 |arxiv=2308.01234 |last2=Kutra |first2=Taylor |last3=Wu |first3=Yanqin|author3-link= Yanqin Wu}}
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| KOI-4582.01
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| KOI-2298.03
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|KIC 1718360.01
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| KOI-2169.04
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| KOI-7174.01
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| KOI-8012.01
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| KOI-6860.01
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| KOI-2059.02
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| KOI-304.02
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| KOI-7793.01
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| KOI-2678.02
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| KOI-6631.01
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| KOI-2421.02
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| KOI-5974.01
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| KOI-3444.03
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| KOI-2295.01
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| KOI-7863.01
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| KOI-2612.02
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| KOI-4657.01
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| KOI-8257.01
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| KOI-115.03 (Kepler-105d)
| {{val|0.55|0.08|0.07}}
| {{cite web |title=Kepler-105 |url=https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/overview/KOI-115 |website=NASA Exoplanet Archive |accessdate=12 December 2021}}
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| KOI-2421.01
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| KOI-4097.02
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| KOI-7645.01
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| KOI-3208.01
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| KOI-6763.01
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| KOI-2859.03
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| KOI-4146.02
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| KOI-2859.04
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| KOI-7873.01
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| TOI-4307.02
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| KOI-2657.01
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| KOI-8277.01
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| KOI-4296.01
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| KOI-3196.01
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| KOI-5692.01
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| KOI-1964.01
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| KOI-4407.01
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| KOI-4871.01
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| KOI-5211.01
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| KOI-7888.01
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| KOI-3184.03
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| KOI-8183.01
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| KOI-3083.02
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| KOI-4421.01
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| KOI-4716.01
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| KOI-3102.01
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| KOI-7032.01
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| KOI-1499.02
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| KOI-605.02
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| KOI-7676.01
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| KOI-4849.01
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| KOI-365.02
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| KOI-7116.01
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| KOI-4421.02
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| KOI-7949.01
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| KOI-2029.04
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| KOI-6889.01
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| KOI-2636.02
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| KOI-3248.01
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| KOI-5213.01
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| KOI-6276.01
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| KOI-7903.01
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| KOI-7925.01
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| KOI-8174.01
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| KOI-3083.03
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| KOI-4875.01
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| KOI-4808.01
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| KOI-6568.01
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| KOI-1619.01
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| KOI-3111.02
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| KOI-2859.05
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| KOI-3017.01
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| KOI-4907.01
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| KOI-1616.02
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| KOI-6299.01
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| KOI-8211.01
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| KOI-2593.02
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| KOI-4605.01
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| KOI-7832.01
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| KOI-7483.01
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| KOI-2623.02
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| KOI-7924.01
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| KOI-7628.01
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| KOI-4129.01
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| KOI-4822.01
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| KOI-6600.01
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See also
References
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