A giant planet undergoing extreme-ultraviolet irradiation by its hot massive-star host

B. Scott Gaudi (), Keivan G. Stassun, Karen A. Collins, Thomas G. Beatty, George Zhou, David W. Latham, Allyson Bieryla, Jason D. Eastman, Robert J. Siverd, Justin R. Crepp, Erica J. Gonzales, Daniel J. Stevens, Lars A. Buchhave, Joshua Pepper, Marshall C. Johnson, Knicole D. Colon, Eric L. N. Jensen, Joseph E. Rodriguez, Valerio Bozza, Sebastiano Calchi Novati, Giuseppe D’Ago, Mary T. Dumont, Tyler Ellis, Clement Gaillard, Hannah Jang-Condell, David H. Kasper, Akihiko Fukui, Joao Gregorio, Ayaka Ito, John F. Kielkopf, Mark Manner, Kyle Matt, Norio Narita, Thomas E. Oberst, Phillip A. Reed, Gaetano Scarpetta, Denice C. Stephens, Rex R. Yeigh, Roberto Zambelli, B. J. Fulton, Andrew W. Howard, David J. James, Matthew Penny, Daniel Bayliss, Ivan A. Curtis, D. L. DePoy, Gilbert A. Esquerdo, Andrew Gould, Michael D. Joner, Rudolf B. Kuhn, Jonathan Labadie-Bartz, Michael B. Lund, Jennifer L. Marshall, Kim K. McLeod, Richard W. Pogge, Howard Relles, Christopher Stockdale, T. G. Tan, Mark Trueblood and Patricia Trueblood
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B. Scott Gaudi: The Ohio State University
Keivan G. Stassun: Vanderbilt University
Karen A. Collins: Vanderbilt University
Thomas G. Beatty: Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds, The Pennsylvania State University
George Zhou: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
David W. Latham: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Allyson Bieryla: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Jason D. Eastman: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Robert J. Siverd: Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
Justin R. Crepp: University of Notre Dame
Erica J. Gonzales: University of Notre Dame
Daniel J. Stevens: The Ohio State University
Lars A. Buchhave: Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen
Joshua Pepper: Lehigh University
Marshall C. Johnson: The Ohio State University
Knicole D. Colon: NASA Ames Research Center
Eric L. N. Jensen: Swarthmore College
Joseph E. Rodriguez: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Valerio Bozza: Università di Salerno
Sebastiano Calchi Novati: Università di Salerno
Giuseppe D’Ago: Istituto Internazionale per gli Alti Studi Scientifici (IIASS)
Mary T. Dumont: Brigham Young University
Tyler Ellis: University of Wyoming
Clement Gaillard: Brigham Young University
Hannah Jang-Condell: University of Wyoming
David H. Kasper: University of Wyoming
Akihiko Fukui: Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, NINS
Joao Gregorio: Atalaia Group and Crow Observatory
Ayaka Ito: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, NINS
John F. Kielkopf: University of Louisville
Mark Manner: Spot Observatory
Kyle Matt: Brigham Young University
Norio Narita: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, NINS
Thomas E. Oberst: Westminster College
Phillip A. Reed: Kutztown University
Gaetano Scarpetta: Università di Salerno
Denice C. Stephens: Brigham Young University
Rex R. Yeigh: University of Wyoming
Roberto Zambelli: Società Astronomica Lunae
B. J. Fulton: Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
Andrew W. Howard: Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
David J. James: University of Washington
Matthew Penny: The Ohio State University
Daniel Bayliss: Observatoire Astronomique de l’Université de Genève
Ivan A. Curtis: ICO
D. L. DePoy: George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University
Gilbert A. Esquerdo: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Andrew Gould: The Ohio State University
Michael D. Joner: Brigham Young University
Rudolf B. Kuhn: South African Astronomical Observatory
Jonathan Labadie-Bartz: Lehigh University
Michael B. Lund: Vanderbilt University
Jennifer L. Marshall: George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy, Texas A & M University
Kim K. McLeod: Wellesley College
Richard W. Pogge: The Ohio State University
Howard Relles: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Christopher Stockdale: Hazelwood Observatory
T. G. Tan: Perth Exoplanet Survey Telescope
Mark Trueblood: Winer Observatory
Patricia Trueblood: Winer Observatory

Nature, 2017, vol. 546, issue 7659, 514-518

Abstract: The giant planet KELT-9b has a dayside temperature of about 4,600 K, which is sufficiently high to dissociate molecules and to evaporate its atmosphere, owing to its hot stellar host.

Date: 2017
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