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hot Jupiter
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class of gas giant exoplanets that are inferred to be physically similar to Jupiter but that have very short orbital periods (P < 10 days)
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- 0.1
- Orbital period
- 10
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- Hot Jupiter exoplanet in the star cluster Messier 67 (eso1621a).tiff
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An artist's impression of a hot Jupiter orbiting close to its star
Hot Jupiters (sometimes called hot Saturns) are a class of gas giant exoplanets that are inferred to be physically similar to Jupiter (i.e. Jupiter analogues) but that have very short orbital periods (P < 10 days). The close proximity to their stars and high surface-atmosphere temperatures resulted in their informal name "hot Jupiters".
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