hot jupiter
hot jupiter is the alternative letter-case form of hot Jupiter.
Noun capitalized: hot Jupiter
hot Jupiter (plural 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.2010, James Kasting, How to Find a Habitable Planet, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 224
- Synonyms:
- pegasid, epistellar Jovian
Synonyms of hot jupiter
Forms of hot jupiter
| plural | hot jupiters |
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| plural | hot Jupiters |
Words formed from hot jupiter
Questions about hot jupiter
- What does hot jupiter mean?
- Hot jupiter means an exosolar planet whose characteristics are similar to Jupiter, but which orbits its parent star much more closely and thus has higher temperatures.
- What is hot jupiter the alternative letter-case form of?
- Hot jupiter is the alternative letter-case form of hot Jupiter.
- What part of speech is hot jupiter?
- Hot jupiter is a noun.
- What is the plural of hot jupiter?
- The plural of hot jupiter is hot jupiters.
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