K2-33b Artwork_Caltech.jpg Exoplanet K2-33b Orbits Youthful Star
K2-33b, shown in this illustration, is one of the youngest exoplanets detected to date. 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. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
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