Hot Jupiter (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

Hot Jupiter

Caption

Artist's impression the surface of an ocean-covered planet in the habitable zone of a system with a "hot Jupiter." A "hot Earth" and the hot Jupiter are seen close to the setting sun. Massive waves and storms wash over the planet, a possible result of a lack of continents.

Credit

Nahks Tr'Enhl 2006

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License

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