The Baked Potato
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Typical. Thinks it's a star. Just not enough good material.
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It's almost twice the mass of Jupiter so it's definitely in the failed star category. It would need to be 50 times bigger to become a star. It looks like a potato because its spinning so FAST. The day is only 2.4 hours long!! That is insane. For comparison, Jupiter has a 10 Hour day, and roughly the same radius.
Love the accuracy in this game on some of the celestial/planetary objects.
Love the accuracy in this game on some of the celestial/planetary objects.
I'm sure NASA has in recent years revealed that they have found unusual gas giants like this and even wierder. 
Wow!!! A "Hot Jupiter"! These kind of planets are formed far from the star, like in the outer orbits of the system, but can be knocked out of their original orbit by other objects in the system, pushing it towards the star. I don't see other planets in here so I assume that the second possibility might explain it: it was a rogue planet caught by the star.
The shape is due partially to the speed, as Ziljian mentioned, but also in not small measure, by the tremendous tidal force applied by the star.
Got the stars stats by any chance? Would be awesome to see those as well!
The shape is due partially to the speed, as Ziljian mentioned, but also in not small measure, by the tremendous tidal force applied by the star.
Got the stars stats by any chance? Would be awesome to see those as well!
It's not just it's day is 2.4 hours long. It's tidally locked to the brown dwarf, so it's YEAR is only 2.4 hours long. That's ridiculous how fast it's circling its primary.
It might end up plowing into the primary and then you might get something like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V838_Monocerotis
There seems to be an uncommon, set of closer GGs. Maybe 1 in 200 or 1 in 500 systems? I haven't seen one that close, but a few in sub 100 ls orbits.
Ahh, thanks! I totally missed that huge detail. I am rather good at that unfortunately.
Kepler-42 has no less than THREE Hot Jupiters.
These are real, verified exoplanets, although the Wikipedia article says they're small rocky bodies, not gas giants.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-42
It's within inhabited space, and worth a visit.
These are real, verified exoplanets, although the Wikipedia article says they're small rocky bodies, not gas giants.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-42
It's within inhabited space, and worth a visit.