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A hot Jupiter orbiting a 2-million-year-old solar-mass T Tauri star

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  • J. F. Donati

    (Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP
    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), IRAP/UMR 5277)

  • C. Moutou

    (Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) Corporation, 65-1238 Mamalahoa Highway)

  • L. Malo

    (Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) Corporation, 65-1238 Mamalahoa Highway)

  • C. Baruteau

    (Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP
    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), IRAP/UMR 5277)

  • L. Yu

    (Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP
    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), IRAP/UMR 5277)

  • E. Hébrard

    (York University)

  • G. Hussain

    (European Southern Observatory (ESO), Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2)

  • S. Alencar

    (ICEx, UFMG)

  • F. Ménard

    (Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG, BP 53
    CNRS, IPAG/UMR 5274, BP 53)

  • J. Bouvier

    (Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG, BP 53
    CNRS, IPAG/UMR 5274, BP 53)

  • P. Petit

    (Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP
    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), IRAP/UMR 5277)

  • M. Takami

    (Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Academia Sinica)

  • R. Doyon

    (Départment de physique, Université de Montréal, CP 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville)

  • A. Collier Cameron

    (SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews)

Abstract

The radial velocities of a young star are measured, revealing the presence of a planet of mass about three-quarters that of Jupiter, orbiting its host star very closely, and thus demonstrating that ‘hot Jupiters’ can migrate inwards in less than two million years.

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  • J. F. Donati & C. Moutou & L. Malo & C. Baruteau & L. Yu & E. Hébrard & G. Hussain & S. Alencar & F. Ménard & J. Bouvier & P. Petit & M. Takami & R. Doyon & A. Collier Cameron, 2016. "A hot Jupiter orbiting a 2-million-year-old solar-mass T Tauri star," Nature, Nature, vol. 534(7609), pages 662-666, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:534:y:2016:i:7609:d:10.1038_nature18305
    DOI: 10.1038/nature18305
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