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Hot Jupiters’ Origins Made Clearer by New Discovery

AuthorC ElliottUpdated onJune 24, 2020June 26, 2020 CategoriesAstronomy News

Hot Jupiters’ Origins Made Clearer by New Discovery

Hot Jupiters are a mould-breaking type of planet; huge Jupiter-sized gas giants that orbit shockingly close to their star. The recent detection of HIP 67522 b could provide answers to the most pressing question about these goliaths. How did they form? We have no examples in our own solar system, so exoplanets like this one …

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