hot jupiter

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hot Jupiter^¹

noun hot Jupiters

An exosolar planet whose characteristics are similar to Jupiter, but which orbits its parent star much more closely and thus has higher temperatures. Or, to put it a different way, the chance of finding a hot Jupiter is 100 times higher than the chance of finding a normal Jupiter, because it is 100 times closer to its parent star.
Similar: pegasid, epistellar Jovian

hot jupiter^²

noun hot jupiters

Alternative letter-case form of hot Jupiter

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noun type of exoplanet

Français	Jupiter chaud, Jupiter chaude

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@misc{hot_jupiter_2026,
  title = {hot jupiter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hot%20jupiter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}