Hot Jupiters ... really hot

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Hot Jupiters ... really hot

Post #1by bdm » 05.10.2006, 00:07

Astronomers have discovered a new class of planets outside the solar system that hug their parent stars so tightly they take less than a day to complete an orbit.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/20 ... 755961.htm
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