Artist's impression of a hot Jupiter.

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Artist's impression of a hot Jupiter. Hot Jupiters (sometimes called hot Saturns) are a class of gas giant exoplanets that are inferred to be physically similar to Jupiter. The close proximity to their stars and high surface-atmosphere temperatures resulted in their informal name hot Jupiters.

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