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Lava Planets
Terrestrial or Super-Earth exoplanets that orbit extremely close to their stars causing surface temperatures high enough to melt rock, forming lava oceans. An example is 55 Cancri e.
Mini-Neptunes
Smaller than Neptune but larger than Earth, these exoplanets are likely to have thick hydrogen-helium atmospheres and rocky cores. Examples include Kepler-11f and K2-18b.
Rogue Planets
Planets that do not orbit a star, having being ejected from their original planetary systems or formed in isolation. Examples are difficult to confirm, but PSO J318.5−22 is a candidate.
Ice Giants
Planets with a core and a thick mantle made of ices, like water, ammonia, and methane, surrounded by an atmosphere. Examples include Uranus and Neptune in our solar system, but no exoplanet examples are conclusively identified.
Super-Earth
Planets with a mass larger than Earth's but smaller than that of Uranus or Neptune. Known for their potential to have solid surfaces or thick atmospheres. Examples include Gliese 1214 b and HD 85512 b.
Hot Jupiters
A class of exoplanets that are similar in characteristics to Jupiter but orbit very close to their stars, resulting in very high surface temperatures. Examples include 51 Pegasi b and HD 189733 b.
Circumbinary Planets
Planets that orbit around two stars instead of one, reminiscent of Tatooine in 'Star Wars'. Examples include Kepler-16b and Kepler-47c.
Terrestrial
Rocky surface, similar in composition to Earth, often found in the inner part of planetary systems. Examples include Kepler-10b and LHS 3844b.
Gas Giant
Large planets with deep gaseous atmospheres, lacking a well-defined solid surface. Examples include Jupiter-like exoplanets such as HD 209458 b, also known as Osiris.
Neptune-like
Planets similar in composition to Neptune, with thick gas envelopes and possibly icy cores. Examples include GJ 436 b and HAT-P-11b.
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