NasaExoplanetArchiveClass

class astroquery.nasa_exoplanet_archive.NasaExoplanetArchiveClass

Bases: object

Exoplanet Archive querying object. Use the get_confirmed_planets_table or query_planet methods to get information about exoplanets via the NASA Exoplanet Archive.

Attributes Summary

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Methods Summary

get_confirmed_planets_table([cache, …])	Download (and optionally cache) the NExScI Exoplanet Archive Confirmed Planets table.
query_planet(planet_name[, table_path, …])	Get table of exoplanet properties.

Attributes Documentation

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Methods Documentation

get_confirmed_planets_table(cache=True, show_progress=True, table_path=None, all_columns=False)

Download (and optionally cache) the NExScI Exoplanet Archive Confirmed Planets table.

The Exoplanet Archive table returns lots of columns of data. A full description of the columns can be found here

Parameters:

cache : bool (optional)

Cache exoplanet table to local astropy cache? Default is True.

show_progress : bool (optional)

Show progress of exoplanet table download (if no cached copy is available). Default is True.

table_path : str (optional)

Path to a local table file. Default None will trigger a download of the table from the internet.

all_columns : bool (optional)

Return all available columns. The default returns only the columns in the default category at the link above.

Returns:

table : QTable

Table of exoplanet properties.

query_planet(planet_name, table_path=None, all_columns=False)

Get table of exoplanet properties.

Parameters:

planet_name : str

Name of planet

table_path : str (optional)

Path to a local table file. Default None will trigger a download of the table from the internet.

all_columns : bool (optional)

Return all available columns. The default returns only the columns in the default category at the link above.