Title:
The first ultra-hot Neptune, LTT 9779b, is one of nature's improbable planets
Author:
Peter Thorley
University of Warwick
Published:
Phys.org, 22 September 2020
From the article:
An international team of astronomers, including a group from the University of Warwick, have discovered the first Ultra Hot Neptune planet orbiting the nearby star LTT 9779.
The world orbits so close to its star that its year lasts only 19 hours, meaning the stellar radiation heats the planet to over 1700 degrees Celsius.