Hot Jupiter (IMAGE)

McGill University

Hot Jupiter

Caption

Artist's concept shows the gaseous exoplanet CoRoT-2b with a westward hot spot in orbit around its host star.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (IPAC)

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