NASA Exoplanet Archive Documentation
All user documentation for Exoplanet Archive services and data sets can be accessed from this page.
| Service | Description |
|---|---|
| Overview of Exoplanet Archive | Who we are, what we do, and what we offer. |
| Exoplanet Archive Holdings | An inventory of the archive's current holdings. |
| Exoplanet Archive FAQ | Frequently asked questions about the archive and its data and services |
| Helpdesk Form | An online form to submit a comment, question or suggestion, or to report a bug. |
| Privacy Notice | A description of the user information that is collected by the Exoplanet Archive, and how it is used. |
| Acknowledgements | How to acknowledge the NASA Exoplanet Archive in your research. |
| Planet Counts Detail | A breakdown of the exoplanets in the archive according to discovery method. |
| Search for a Planetary System | Descriptions of accepted identifiers for the star and planet search service. |
| Stellar Parameters | Descriptions of parameters accessed through the Planetary System Search or the Detailed Info link in the Planets and Hosts table. |
| Time Series Viewer Help | How to use the interactive visualizer to view time series data. |
| Accepted Identifiers and Catalogs | A list of cross-identifications for stars in the Exoplanet Archive. |
| Transit Ephemeris User Guide | How to use the service to generate ephemerides and visible transit times of exoplanets. |
| Exoplanet Archive Application Programming Interface (API) | A description of the archive's application programming interface, and how to use it to retrieve planet data. |
| Planets and Hosts Table Columns | Descriptions of the exoplanet table columns that can be specified in the interactive table or when using the Exoplanet Archive's API. |
| Kepler Planet Candidate Columns | Descriptions of the Kepler Planet Candidate table columns that can be specified in the interactive table or when using the Exoplanet Archive's API. |
| Bulk Data Download | Links to access entire sets of archive data, such as the entire set of HIPPARCOS light curves or all exoplanet survey observations by the CoRoT mission. |
| Interactive Exoplanet Visualizer User Guide | Instructions for customizing the Interactive Exoplanet Visualizer, and how to sort, filter and download exoplanet data in the archive. |
| wget Help | How to use wget to download large amounts of data from the archive (used in conjunction with the Bulk Data Download service). |
| Periodogram Service and Light Curve Viewer: Data Formatting Rules | Tips for ensuring your submitted data can be accepted and processed correctly by the Periodogram and Light Curve Viewer service. |
| Periodogram and Light Curve Viewer: User Guide | A step-by-step explanation of using the service. |
| Periodogram and Light Curve Viewer: Algorithms | A detailed description of the algorithms used by the service. |
| GJ Star Table | A table of positions and photometry of Gliese-Jahreiss stars. |
| Kepler Centroid Information | Descriptions of the column names describing the archive's data on Kepler planetary candidate centroid information. |
| Kepler Eclipsing Binaries | Descriptions of the column names describing the archive's data on Kepler eclipsing binaries. |
| Kepler Mission Information | A description of the Kepler mission and links to other available Kepler resources. |
| CoRoT Mission Information | A description of the CoRoT mission and links to other available CoRoT resources. |
