[ExI] Astronomers Just Revealed One of The Most Extreme Planets Ever Discovered

[John Grigg]

"While the exoplanet, named WASP-189b
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASP-189b>, is not quite as hot as the
surface of our Sun (6,000 degrees Celsius or 10,832 degrees Fahrenheit),
it's basically as toasty as some small dwarf stars.

The new findings immediately identify WASP-189b as one of the most extreme
planets ever discovered. It has an orbit of just 2.7 days around its star,
with one side seeing a permanent 'day' and the other side seeing a
permanent 'night'. It's gigantic, too – about 1.6 times the size of
Jupiter."
https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-just-got-a-closer-look-at-one-of-the-most-extreme-planets-ever-found
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