Open AccessMeet KELT-9b, the Hottest Exoplanet Ever Discovered
Author(s) -
JoAnna Wendel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2017eo075413
Subject(s) - exoplanet , astrobiology , computer science , biology , astronomy , physics , planet
The exoplanet’s host star blasts it with so much radiation that it will someday evaporate.