Now we know of 861 exoplanets, with several thousand awaiting confirmation
Not that we know of.
This question is being awnswered in 2014 so it is as of 2014.1,653 dumbhead.
We know now that planets are a fairly common occurrence in the universe. This discovery provides many potential opportunities for life to exist beyond Earth.
The Hubble and Keppler space telescopes are detecting exoplanets
There are no exoplanets in our solar system. By definition, an exoplanet is a planet that is not in our solar system.
Not that we know of.
about 403.
This question is being awnswered in 2014 so it is as of 2014.1,653 dumbhead.
We know now that planets are a fairly common occurrence in the universe. This discovery provides many potential opportunities for life to exist beyond Earth.
The Hubble and Keppler space telescopes are detecting exoplanets
There are no exoplanets in our solar system. By definition, an exoplanet is a planet that is not in our solar system.
exoplanets
"The 3" is just plain wrong; much more than 3 exoplanets have been found so far.
Of the exoplanets found, the vast majority are gaseous bodies.However, that does not mean the majority are. That is just the majority we have found so far.
I believe some of them can, but mostly, the exoplanets are discovered and observed with more indirect methods - especially by analyzing the gravitational effects on the star.
There are 8 planets within our solar system. They are:MercuryVenusEarthMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptuneOutside of our Solar System, there are possibly billions, although as of Aug 2010, only 490 exoplanets have been found - but this number is increasing almost daily.See related link for a current list of exoplanets.
Two of them in this solar system; Mercury and Venus. Now that a few dozen exoplanets (planets that orbit other stars) have been identified, we're going to have to start being specific about which solar system we mean. Right now, we know next-to-nothing about those exoplanets; only that they exist.