• DOI:10.1017/s0074180900192939
• Corpus ID: 18230161

How common are Earths? How common are Jupiters?

@article{Lineweaver2002HowCA,
  title={How common are Earths? How common are Jupiters?},
  author={C. Lineweaver and Daniel Grether and Marton G. Hidas},
  journal={arXiv: Astrophysics},
  year={2002}
}

• C. Lineweaver, D. Grether, M. Hidas
• Published 1 September 2002
• Geology, Physics
• arXiv: Astrophysics

Among the billions of planetary systems that fill the Universe, we would like to know how ours fits in. Exoplanet data can already be used to address the question: How common are Jupiters? Here we discuss a simple analysis of recent exoplanet data indicating that Jupiter is a typical massive planet rather than an outlier. A more difficult question to address is: How common are Earths? However, much indirect evidence suggests that wet rocky planets are common.