<p>This question is a follow-up to <a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/45486/31410">the expected distribution of planet masses in a given system.</a> I am wondering, what is the distribution of various planet masses in any given system?</p>
<p>I am expecting a bimodal distribution with peaks at <span class="math-container">$5M_\oplus$</span> and somewhere near the <span class="math-container">$1-3 M_J$</span> range, with an intermediate minimum near the super-Neptune mass range. Is this an accurate description of said distribution or am I completely off?</p>

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Potentially helpful: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/808/1/71
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I think I might have partially answered this question in my answer in the predecessor one - though not quite a satisfying one for this, I fear - though the plot might be the answer here (head to exoplanet.eu and plot mass over whatever you like). Yet for *one* given system it might look different - statistics for multiple ones are scarce still. Only the total enesemble is reasonably-well understood
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Frequency of planet masses in any given star system?
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# Frequency of planet masses in any given star system?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-09-01)

This question is a follow-up to [the expected distribution of planet masses in a given system.](https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/45486/31410) I am wondering, what is the distribution of various planet masses in any given system?

I am expecting a bimodal distribution with peaks at $5M\_\oplus$ and somewhere near the $1-3 M\_J$ range, with an intermediate minimum near the super-Neptune mass range. Is this an accurate description of said distribution or am I completely off?

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> **username_0**: Potentially helpful: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/808/1/71  
> **username_1**: I think I might have partially answered this question in my answer in the predecessor one - though not quite a satisfying one for this, I fear - though the plot might be the answer here (head to exoplanet.eu and plot mass over whatever you like). Yet for *one* given system it might look different - statistics for multiple ones are scarce still. Only the total enesemble is reasonably-well understood  

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