geolindon
06-06-2017, 04:20 PM
The hot Jupiter planet is way close to its unrevolving star and only about 1200 deg K cooler than the Sun. It leaves a comet like tail of hydrogen and helium.
"The discovery included observations made by three Australian amateur astronomers Thiam-Guan Tran from Perth, Ivan Curtis in Adelaide and Chris Stockdale from Hazelwood in Victoria."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-06-06/hot-jupiter-like-planet-is-most-extreme-alien-world-discovered/8580620?section=science
"The discovery included observations made by three Australian amateur astronomers Thiam-Guan Tran from Perth, Ivan Curtis in Adelaide and Chris Stockdale from Hazelwood in Victoria."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-06-06/hot-jupiter-like-planet-is-most-extreme-alien-world-discovered/8580620?section=science