hot Jupiter en · NOUN
Meanings
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An exosolar planet whose characteristics are similar to Jupiter, but which orbits its parent star much more closely and thus has higher temperatures.
Or, to put it a different way, the chance of finding a hot Jupiter is 100 times higher than the chance of finding a normal Jupiter, because it is 100 times closer to its parent star.
2010, James Kasting, How to Find a Habitable Planet, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 224:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hot Jupiters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Hypernyms
planet · exoplanet · roaster · jupiter
Synonyms
Translations (3)
fr Jupiter chaud (type of exoplanet) · fr Jupiter chaude (type of exoplanet) · fi kuuma jupiter (type of exoplanet)