Kullat Nunu,

I love this thread, thanks. How did you come by the "100 planet candidates" figure? Is this more than just a guess on your part?

It is fun to speculate on how many new planets will be discovered/announced in a given year. Each year new planets are discovered and the discoveries that astronomers are sure enough about from previous years are announced. Clearly there will be a time when the number of extrasolar planet discoveries really accelerates and the number of candidates piles near a thousand. That time, as the new SuperWASP results and probable COROT results imply, may not be too far off.