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Originally Posted by Kullat Nunu
Now this is interesting... a 8-10 million years old hot Jupiter around the low-mass star TW Hydrae ( Space.com article). The system is so young that the protoplanetary disk has not yet evaporated. Youngest planetary system by the factor of over 10. |
Looks like the detection was spurious. The RV signal can be explained by starspots which are abundant in young and magnetically active stars like TW Hya.
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