CoRoT-2 b challenges what it means to be a hot Jupiter (IMAGE)

Caltech IPAC

CoRoT-2 b challenges what it means to be a hot Jupiter

Caption

The outlier’s oppositely placed hot spot had puzzled scientists for almost a decade, but new spectral data may have solved its mystery. 

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Credit: Keith Miller (Caltech/IPAC - SELab)

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