January 16, 2025|
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|11 months agoGeneva Scientists Challenge Hot Jupiter Planet Theory
University of Geneva researchers present groundbreaking findings that question established theories about hot Jupiter planetary systems
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- WASP-132b is a hot Jupiter planet that takes only 7 days and 3 hours to orbit its star
- The WASP-132 system is located approximately 400 light-years from Earth
- WASP-132b has 41% of Jupiter's mass
- The system contains a super-Earth with 6 times Earth's mass
By The Numbers
24 hours and 17 minutes
Orbital period of super-Earth
5 Jupiter masses
Mass of distant giant planet
They Said
"The WASP-132 system is an extraordinary laboratory for studying the formation and evolution of multiplanetary systems"
"This is the first time we observe such a (planetary) configuration"
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Breaking the Hot Jupiter Paradigm
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The WASP-132 System Discovery
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Challenging Existing Theories
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