Creator: Ellie Webb

Creator Statement:

The data used belongs to NASA and Caltech – it is their massive dataset of exoplanet observations. This dataset includes values such as luminosity (star brightness) and orbital distance. In this project, I was able to take the value of planetary radius and use it to classify known exoplanets based on their size via the Python coding language. The resulting chart showcases this classification with planetary denotations. The inspiration behind this project was to combine the language I was learning (Python) with a passion of mine – I love learning about space and am a fan of all things to do with the stars. Being able to use this complex scientific data and distill it in a manner that can be read and understood by everyone was a big motivating factor behind the way I chose to present the data.