You have probably heard of Earth, Mars, Venus and the rest of the planets in our Solar System, but did you know astronomers have identified more than 5,000 other planets outside of it. They are called exoplanets and these recently released infographics are providing and interesting look at many you’ve never heard of.
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00:00I'll wager you've probably heard of Earth, Mars, Venus and the rest of the planets in
00:07our solar system.
00:08But did you know astronomers have identified more than 5,000 other planets outside of it?
00:13They're called exoplanets, and these recently released infographics are providing an interesting
00:17look at many you've probably never heard of.
00:20Science Alert reports the whole thing was put together by Slovakian amateur space enthusiast,
00:24author and artist Martin Varjic.
00:26He recently told Universe Today, quote, On the rare occasions I got to see a clear sky
00:31and the Milky Way, I was astounded by the sheer amount of stars.
00:34And that's why he has produced these, infographics showing some of our universe's more noteworthy
00:39planets.
00:40The works include over 1,000 exoplanets, each one beautifully illustrated and grouped by
00:45how hot they are.
00:47Noteworthy planets include PSR B162026b, which is the oldest exoplanet we know of, at 12.7
00:54billion years old, as well as WASP-12b, a stretched out and non-spherical gas giant.
01:00The illustrator says the data for both exoplanet infographics was gathered from three public
01:05exoplanet databases.