Surviving in the Hot-Neptune Desert: The Discovery of the Ultrahot Neptune TOI-3261b
The recent discoveries of Neptune-sized ultra-short-period planets (USPs) challenge existing planet formation theories. It is unclear whether these residents of the Hot Neptune Desert have similar origins to smaller, rocky USPs, or if this discrete population is evidence of a different formation pat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2024-01-01
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Series: | The Astronomical Journal |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ad60be |