MASCARA-2b /KELT-20b ultra hot Jupiter

Ultra hot Jupiter - Artist's impression.
Ultra hot Jupiter - Artist's impression. Credit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz, SMM (IAC).
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The atmosphere of a new ultra hot Jupiter is analysed. The combination of observations made with the CARMENES spectrograph on the 3.5m telescope at Calar Alto Observatory (Almería), and the HARPS-N spectrograph on the National Galileo Telescope (TNG) at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Garafía, La Palma) has enabled a team from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and from the University of La Laguna (ULL) to reveal new details about this extrasolar planet, which has a surface temperature of around 2000 K.

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