This “hot Jupiter” of an exoplanet is called SWEEPS-10 for a reason.The planet, roughly 1.6 times heftier than the gas giant Jupiter, circles the star it is gravitationally anchored to in just over 10 hours. In other words, one SWEEPS-10 year is 835 times shorter than Earth’s… talk about how time flies.
Naturally, planets hugging so close to their star are some of the hottest out there. This object likely measures in at about 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit on the cosmic thermometer.Because it’s so close, the planet’s outer layers of gas are likely being blown into space by solar winds, as this artist’s rendition implies.
Credit: NASA/ESA/A. Schaller
