Hot Jupiter
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Hot Jupiters are a class of gas giant exoplanets that are inferred to be physically similar to Jupiter but that have very short orbital periods. The close proximity to their stars and high surface-atm
An artist's impression of a hot Jupiter orbiting close to its star
Hot Jupiter with hidden water
Comparison of "hot Jupiter" exoplanets (artist concept). From top left to lower right: WASP-12b, Boinayel, WASP-31b, Bocaprins, HD 189733b, Puli, Ditsö̀, Banksia, HAT-P-1b and HD 209458b
Artistic rendering of a puffy planet
WASP-12b
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WASP-12b is a hot Jupiter orbiting the star WASP-12, discovered in April of 2008, by the SuperWASP planetary transit survey. The planet takes only a little over one Earth day to orbit its star, in con
Hot Jupiter
…their cores inflate their atmospheres. Six large-radius, low-density planets have been detected with the transit method: HAT-P-1b, CoRoT-1b, TrES-4b, WASP-12b, WASP-17b, and Kepler-7b. Some hot Jupiters detected by their radial-velocity may be puffy planets. Most of these planets are around or below Jupiter's…
Artist's depiction of WASP-12b's atmosphere being tidally stripped by its parent star to the point where WASP-12, the parent star has a ring of WASP-12b's debris
WASP-12b and its host star, WASP-12 (artist conception)
Hot, carbon-rich planet WASP-12b and its host star (Exoplanet color was unknown at the time of this artist conception.)