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Exoplanet SWEEPS-10

author: Nasa/ESA/Novapix

reference: a-exo99-32400

Image Size 300 DPI: 47 * 40 cm

SWEEPS-10 is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star SWEEPS J175902.00−291323.7 located in the Galactic bulge at a distance of approximately 22,000 light years from Earth. It completes an orbit of its star in just 10 hours, and is categorized as an ultra-short period planet (USPP). Located only 1.2 million kilometers from its star, the planet is among the hottest ever detected; its estimated temperature is approximately 1,650 degrees Celsius. This planet must be at least 1.6 times the mass of Jupiter. This illustration presents a purely speculative view of what such a "hot Jupiter" might look like. It could have a powerful magnetic field that traps charged particles from the star. These particles create glowing auroral rings around the planet's magnetic poles.

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ASTRONOMY - AURORA - AURORA AUSTRALIS - AURORA BOREALIS - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - HOT JUPITER - ILLUSTRATION - PLANET - SAGITTARIUS - STAR - SWEEPS-10 -