Hot Jupiter KELT-16b offers unique opportunity for research

Tuesday, March 21, 2017 - 08:01 in Astronomy & Space

(Phys.org)—A large international team of researchers has found that a hot Jupiter called KELT-16b is likely to offer a unique opportunity for research for many years to come. In their paper published in The Astronomical Journal, the team describes known characteristics of the exoplanet and why they believe it offers an opportunity to learn more about several aspects of exoplanet characteristics and development.

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