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Release No.: 2006-24For Release: Thursday, September 14, 2006
Strange New Planet Baffles Astronomers
HAT-P-1
The newly discovered world HAT-P-1 (shown here in an artist's rendering) has baffled astronomers, since it is puffed up much larger than theory predicts. HAT-P-1 has a radius about 1.38 times Jupiter's but contains only half Jupiter's mass.
Credit: David A. Aguilar (CfA)
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HAT-P-1
The newly discovered world HAT-P-1 (shown here in an artist's rendering) has baffled astronomers, since it is puffed up much larger than theory predicts. HAT-P-1 has a radius about 1.38 times Jupiter's but contains only half Jupiter's mass.
Credit: David A. Aguilar (CfA)
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