NasaExoplanetArchiveClass

class astroquery.nasa_exoplanet_archive.NasaExoplanetArchiveClass[source]

Bases: object

Querying object for NExScI Exoplanet Archive Confirmed Planets archive

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

Use the query_planet or query_star methods to get information about exoplanets via the Archive.

Attributes Summary

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Methods Summary

query_planet(planet_name[, cache, …]) Download (and optionally cache) the NASA Exoplanet table for a certain planet.
query_star(host_name[, cache, …]) Download (and optionally cache) the NASA Exoplanet table for a certain planet.

Attributes Documentation

param_units

Methods Documentation

query_planet(planet_name, cache=True, show_progress=True, table_path=None, all_columns=False)[source]

Download (and optionally cache) the NASA Exoplanet table for a certain planet.

Parameters:

planet_name : str

Name of planet

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 one exoplanet’s properties.

query_star(host_name, cache=True, show_progress=True, table_path=None, all_columns=False)[source]

Download (and optionally cache) the NASA Exoplanet table for a certain planet.

Parameters:

host_name : str

Name of stellar system

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 one exoplanet’s properties.