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Hottest Known Exoplanet
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KELT-9b
KELT-9b is the hottest known exoplanet, with a measured dayside brightness temperature of about 4,600 kelvin. Intense stellar irradiation dissociates molecules in its atmosphere.
#00431 / Space
KELT-9b
KELT-9b is the hottest known exoplanet, with a measured dayside brightness temperature of about 4,600 kelvin. Intense stellar irradiation dissociates molecules in its atmosphere.