Hot Jupiter by android65mar
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Description
During the last twenty years many dozens of new worlds have been discovered orbiting distant stars. Some of these exoplanets have turned everything previously assumed about the structure of solar systems out of the window. Amongst the first discoveries were the so called 'Hot Jupiters' - Gas Giants that appear to spin aroud their native suns in impossibly tight orbits. Previously it was believed that this would be impossible as the sun would blast the gas giants atmospheres away with the intense solar winds. Or some arguement of that nature. What we never expected to see was a gas giant whose year was shorter than one of our days spinning around within a tenth of the distance between us and our sun. Indeed the surface temperatures of these sizzling gas giants must be so intense to make Mercury look like a chilly artic base in comparision.
Comments (6)
Cyve
Outstandingly done !
giulband
Wonderful creation !!!!
adorety
Nice! I like your POV for this and your up to date info.
Crudelitas
Yes, but these hot gas giants must inevitably die sometime, because gravity pulls out again and again pieces of their mass ... Terrific picture, I like a lot!
netsuke
Super space image - just when you think you got it figured - wham.
KatesFriend
I suspect that these hot (and super) Jupiters also spin very rapidly generating a magnetic field a thousand times more intense than Jupiter itself. This might serve to shield their atmospheres from the worst of the high energy bombardment coming from their central stars. Or perhaps the atmosphere has been blown away and all that is left is the liquid metalic hydrogen core - which would still be the bulk of the planet's mass. Hey, I think I'm on to something there... I love how you depicted the red dwarf here. Way better than my efforts.
KatesFriend
I also suspect some of these 'Roasters' form prior to full fledged nuclear fusion beginning within the central star - still cold. This would explain how they could accumulate such high masses and also be so close.