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New ‘Hot Jupiter’ Exoplanet detected by K2 mission

New “hot Jupiter” exoplanet detected by K2 mission

Phase-folded K2 light curve of EPIC 228735255 (black points) with best-fit model plotted as a solid red line. Top panel: Full phase light curve with the transit of EPIC 228735255b. There are no other significant dips indicating any other transits. Middle panel: Zoom-in of the transit of EPIC 228735255b and the resulting residuals from it and the model fit. Bottom panel: Zoom-in around phase 0.5. There is no indication of an observable secondary eclipse. Credit: Giles et al., 2017.

An international team has identified a new extrasolar planet from the data provided by Kepler spacecraft’s prolonged mission known as K2. EPIC 228735255b, is a “hot Jupiter” on an eccentric orbit around its parent star...

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