Archive NASA Exoplanet Archive

Confirmed exoplanets, host stars and mission data.

• Module name: nea
• Python class: astroquery.ipac.nexsci.nasa_exoplanet_archive.NasaExoplanetArchive
• Functions: 9

Call any function below with the astroquery_execute MCP tool. Descriptions are taken from the upstream astroquery/astropy docstrings.

Function	Summary
clear_cache	Removes all cache files.
query_aliases	Search for aliases for a given confirmed planet or planet host
query_criteria	Queries the service and returns a table object.
query_criteria_async	Search a table given a set of criteria or return the full table
query_object	Queries the service and returns a table object.
query_object_async	Search the tables of confirmed exoplanets for information about a planet or planet host
query_region	Queries the service and returns a table object.
query_region_async	Filter a table using a cone search around specified coordinates
reset_cache_location	Resets the cache location to the default astropy cache

Functions

clear_cache

Removes all cache files.

NasaExoplanetArchive.clear_cache()

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="nea",
    function_name="clear_cache",
    params={},
)

Parameters

No parameters.

query_aliases

Search for aliases for a given confirmed planet or planet host

NasaExoplanetArchive.query_aliases(object_name, *, cache=False)

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="nea",
    function_name="query_aliases",
    params={"object_name": "<object_name>"},
)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
object_name (required)	str		The name of a planet or star to regularize using the aliaslookup service.
cache	bool	False	Should the request result be cached? This can be useful for large repeated queries, but since the data in the archive is updated regularly, this defaults to False.

Returns

list — A list of aliases found for the object name. The default name will be listed first.

query_criteria

Queries the service and returns a table object.

NasaExoplanetArchive.query_criteria(*args, **kwargs)

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="nea",
    function_name="query_criteria",
    params={},
)

Search a table given a set of criteria or return the full table

The syntax for these queries is described on the Exoplanet Archive TAP[1]_ API[2]_ documentation pages. In particular, the most commonly used criteria will be select and where.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
*args
**kwargs

Returns

A Table object. —

References

.. [1] NASA Exoplanet Archive TAP Documentation .. [2] NASA Exoplanet Archive API Documentation

query_criteria_async

Search a table given a set of criteria or return the full table

NasaExoplanetArchive.query_criteria_async(table, get_query_payload=False, cache=None, **criteria)

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="nea",
    function_name="query_criteria_async",
    params={"table": "<table>"},
)

The syntax for these queries is described on the Exoplanet Archive TAP[1]_ API[2]_ documentation pages. In particular, the most commonly used criteria will be select and where.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
table (required)	str		The name of the table to query. A list of the tables on the Exoplanet Archive can be found on the documentation pages [1], [2].
get_query_payload	bool	False	Just return the dict of HTTP request parameters. Defaults to False.
cache	bool	None	Should the request result be cached? This can be useful for large repeated queries, but since the data in the archive is updated regularly, this defaults to False.
**criteria

Returns

requests.Response — The HTTP response returned from the service.

References

.. [1] NASA Exoplanet Archive TAP Documentation .. [2] NASA Exoplanet Archive API Documentation

query_object

Queries the service and returns a table object.

NasaExoplanetArchive.query_object(*args, **kwargs)

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="nea",
    function_name="query_object",
    params={},
)

Search the tables of confirmed exoplanets for information about a planet or planet host

The tables available to this query are the following (more information can be found on the archive's documentation pages [1]_):

• ps: This table compiles parameters derived from a multiple published references on separate rows, each row containing self-consistent values from one reference.
• pscomppars: This table compiles all parameters of confirmed exoplanets from multiple, published references in one row (not all self-consistent) per object.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
*args
**kwargs

Returns

A Table object. —

References

.. [1] NASA Exoplanet Archive TAP Documentation .. [2] NASA Exoplanet Archive API Documentation

query_object_async

Search the tables of confirmed exoplanets for information about a planet or planet host

NasaExoplanetArchive.query_object_async(object_name, *, table='ps', get_query_payload=False, cache=None, regularize=True, **criteria)

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="nea",
    function_name="query_object_async",
    params={"object_name": "<object_name>"},
)

The tables available to this query are the following (more information can be found on the archive's documentation pages [1]_):

• ps: This table compiles parameters derived from a multiple published references on separate rows, each row containing self-consistent values from one reference.
• pscomppars: This table compiles all parameters of confirmed exoplanets from multiple, published references in one row (not all self-consistent) per object.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
object_name (required)	str		The name of the planet or star. If regularize is True, an attempt will be made to regularize this name using the aliastable table. Defaults to True.
table	["ps" or "pscomppars"]	'ps'	The table to query, must be one of the supported tables: "ps" or "pscomppars". Defaults to "ps".
get_query_payload	bool	False	Just return the dict of HTTP request parameters. Defaults to False.
cache	bool	None	Should the request result be cached? This can be useful for large repeated queries, but since the data in the archive is updated regularly, this defaults to False.
regularize	bool	True	If True, the aliastable will be used to regularize the target name.
**criteria

Returns

requests.Response — The HTTP response returned from the service.

References

.. [1] NASA Exoplanet Archive TAP Documentation .. [2] NASA Exoplanet Archive API Documentation

query_region

Queries the service and returns a table object.

NasaExoplanetArchive.query_region(*args, **kwargs)

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="nea",
    function_name="query_region",
    params={},
)

Filter a table using a cone search around specified coordinates

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
*args
**kwargs

Returns

A Table object. —

References

.. [1] NASA Exoplanet Archive TAP Documentation .. [2] NASA Exoplanet Archive API Documentation

query_region_async

Filter a table using a cone search around specified coordinates

NasaExoplanetArchive.query_region_async(table, coordinates, radius, *, get_query_payload=False, cache=None, **criteria)

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="nea",
    function_name="query_region_async",
    params={"table": "<table>", "coordinates": "<coordinates>", "radius": "<radius>"},
)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
table (required)	str		The name of the table to query. A list of the tables on the Exoplanet Archive can be found on the documentation pages [1], [2].
coordinates (required)	str or coordinates		The coordinates around which to query.
radius (required)	str or Quantity		The radius of the cone search. Assumed to be have units of degrees if not provided as a Quantity.
get_query_payload	bool	False	Just return the dict of HTTP request parameters. Defaults to False.
cache	bool	None	Should the request result be cached? This can be useful for large repeated queries, but since the data in the archive is updated regularly, this defaults to False.
**criteria

Returns

requests.Response — The HTTP response returned from the service.

References

.. [1] NASA Exoplanet Archive TAP Documentation .. [2] NASA Exoplanet Archive API Documentation

reset_cache_location

Resets the cache location to the default astropy cache

NasaExoplanetArchive.reset_cache_location()

Call via MCP

astroquery_execute(
    module_name="nea",
    function_name="reset_cache_location",
    params={},
)

Parameters

No parameters.