Computer simulations based on data from the Spitzer Space Telescope show changes in heat as the distant gas giant planet HD 80606b gets closer to its host star. The odd exoplanet goes through hot flashes, according to a January 2009 paper. Every 111 days it swings so close to its parent star that its temperature spikes by about 1,260 degrees Fahrenheit (682 degrees Celsius) in only six hours. [Picture courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCSC]
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That would be some real Global warming.
Oh! I’ve had a few of those, in the middle of the night! ;)
Uh-oh...did we just spot the planet Ploor?
Spitzer Space Telescope Finds Outer Planet
by Rob Adams -- NASA's Spitzer space telescope has detected hot temperatures on an outer planet. Astronomers used infrared technologies to measure heat. The planet is approximately 190 light years from Earth.
