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Old 06-January-2009, 10:45 PM
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WASP-12b: the hottest transiting extra-solar planet yet discovered have discovered a very very hot Jupiter with a 1.09 day period orbiting an F9 star. They claim it is the most heavily irradiated planet known with an equilibrium surface temperature (inferred) of 2516K. They also say WASP-12b has the largest radius of any transiting planet yet detected, 1.79 RJ.
Wow, that one's going to make big splash when it augers into its Fine host.
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