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Exoplanet Orbits Youthful Star (Artist Concept)
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K2-33b, shown in this illustration, is one of the youngest exoplanets detected to date using NASA Kepler Space Telescope. It makes a complete orbit around its star in about five days. These two characteristics combined provide exciting new directions for planet-formation theories. K2-33b could have formed on a farther out orbit and quickly migrated inward. Alternatively, it could have formed in situ, or in place.
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Credit lineExoplanet Orbits Youthful Star (Artist Concept). NASA/JPL, 2016-06-20. Public domain. ID: PIA20690.
