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Exoplanet SWEEPS-10

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-exo99-32401

Image Size 300 DPI: 30 * 16 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.

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ASTRONOMY - CLOUD - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - HOT JUPITER - ILLUSTRATION - PLANET - SAGITTARIUS - STAR - SWEEPS-10 -