Hot Jupiter Artist's Concept (IMAGE)

Naval Research Laboratory

Hot Jupiter Artist's Concept

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This is an artist's conception of a hot Jupiter extrasolar planet orbiting a star similar to tau Boötis.

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David Aguilar, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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