Article 5D77X Astronomers Have Spotted a Weirdo 'Jupiter' With a Four-Day Year

Astronomers Have Spotted a Weirdo 'Jupiter' With a Four-Day Year

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Isaac Schultz
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Nearly 600 light-years from Earth, the exoplanet known as WASP-62b whips around its host star at a breakneck pace. The planet is a hot Jupiter, and despite its gassy constitution, its atmosphere is completely cloudless, according to a study published this month in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.

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