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hot Jupiter: a standalone construct

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Exoplanet science

a gas giant planet orbiting very close to its star with a period of days.

In exoplanet science, hot Jupiter refers to a gas giant planet orbiting very close to its star with a period of days. This meaning comes from Dawson (2018) in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics.[1]

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References

Dawson, R. I., & Johnson, J. A. (2018). Origins of Hot Jupiters. Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 56(1), 175-221. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-astro-081817-051853

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