Sentences with phrase «most giant exoplanets»

So, based on our results we would expect that most giant exoplanets will have zonal circulation; we should expect that their atmospheres are not homogeneous, structureless, but in fact should display large brightness variations in the infrared.

Not exact matches

Most of the first exoplanets found were hot Jupiters: gas giants that orbit close to their stars.

Both qualify as quite small in the field of known exoplanets, in which most of the hundreds of worlds that have been discovered are giants larger than Jupiter.

This planet is one of the most inflated of all known transiting exoplanets, making it one of the few members of a class of extremely low density, highly - irradiated gas giants.

We present the discovery of Kepler - 421b, a Uranus - sized exoplanet transiting a G9 / K0 dw... ▽ More In most theories of planet formation, the snow - line represents a boundary between the emergence of the interior rocky planets and the exterior ice giants.