California Institute of Technology

NASA Exoplanet Archive TAP (Caltech/IPAC)

The NASA Exoplanet Archive, operated by Caltech/IPAC, exposes an IVOA TAP service over its confirmed-planet and related tables. Verified live 2026-08-19 returning real planet names from the `ps` table as CSV.

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https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/program_interfaces.html

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: caltech:exoplanet-archive-tap
name: NASA Exoplanet Archive TAP (Caltech/IPAC)
x-operator: institution
description: The NASA Exoplanet Archive, operated by Caltech/IPAC, exposes an IVOA TAP service over its
  confirmed-planet and related tables. Verified live 2026-08-19 returning real planet names from the `ps`
  table as CSV.
humanURL: https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/program_interfaces.html
baseURL: https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/TAP
tags:
- Astronomy
- Exoplanets
- Virtual Observatory
- TAP
- NASA
- IPAC
- Open Data
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/program_interfaces.html