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Aurora Kesseli's paper, submitted for publication in The Astronomical Journal, uses new spectroscopic data from the Very Large Telescope to follow up on hypotheses regarding a unique hot Jupiter.

European Southern Observatory

Who
Aurora Kesseli, Lisa Dang
What
Aurora Kesseli's paper, submitted for publication in The Astronomical Journal, uses new spectroscopic data from the Very Large Telescope to follow up on hypotheses regarding a unique hot Jupiter.
When
Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:18:00 GMT · 1h 50m ago
Where
European Southern Observatory ·
Why
This planet, CoRoT-2 b, is not tidally locked, challenging previous assumptions that hot Jupiters, due to their close orbit, are always tidally locked to their host stars.
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How this affects you

The discovery that CoRoT-2 b is not tidally locked impacts the understanding of planetary formation theories and exoplanet climates, especially for planets in the habitable zones of M dwarfs, requiring refinement of current models for all types of exoplanets.

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    Aurora Kesseli's paper, submitted for publication in The Astronomical Journal, uses new spectroscopic data from the Very Large Telescope to follow up on hypotheses regarding a unique hot Jupiter.
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    Aurora Kesseli and her collaborators followed up on three proposed hypotheses from previous work led by Lisa Dang, finding that the hot Jupiter CoRoT-2 b is not tidally locked.
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