{
  "id": "1964",
  "title": "Exoplanet WASP 33b",
  "published": "2012-09-15T19:51:48+01:00",
  "url": "http://cieloprofundo.net/2012/09/15/exoplaneta-wasp-33b-2/",
  "content": "<p><a href=\"https://cieloprofundo.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wasp33b.gif\"><img src=\"https://cieloprofundo.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wasp33b.gif\" alt=\"Light-curve graph for Exoplanet WASP 33b\"></a></p><p>Observation made a couple of nights ago of exoplanet WASP 33b. This exoplanet tends to show very curious irregularities in its transit light curve that deserve study. However, there may also be a problem with this particular observation, because those brightness peaks are truly strange.</p><p>This planetary system is about 378 light-years away. The planet is a hot Jupiter orbiting very close to its star, completing an orbit in just 1.22 days.</p><p>Because of this proximity, the accompanying object is suspected of directly influencing the patterns of brightness variation shown by the star.</p><p>Since the star is very bright, the almost 300 exposures of 60 seconds each needed for this observation are taken with the CCD heavily defocused. This also increases the precision of the photometric measurements.</p><p><a href=\"http://news.softpedia.es/WASP-33b-hace-que-su-estrella-madre-pulse-179483.html#\">Object reference</a></p><p><a href=\"http://var2.astro.cz/EN/tresca/transit-detail.php?id=1347712054\">Full observing report</a></p><p><a href=\"https://cieloprofundo.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wasp33b.jpg\"><img src=\"https://cieloprofundo.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/wasp33b.jpg\" alt=\"Supporting image for Exoplanet WASP 33b\"></a></p>",
  "text": "Observation made a couple of nights ago of exoplanet WASP 33b. This exoplanet tends to show very curious irregularities in its transit light curve that deserve study. However, there may also be a problem with this particular observation, because those brightness peaks are truly strange.\n\nThis planetary system is about 378 light-years away. The planet is a hot Jupiter orbiting very close to its star, completing an orbit in just 1.22 days.\n\nBecause of this proximity, the accompanying object is suspected of directly influencing the patterns of brightness variation shown by the star.\n\nSince the star is very bright, the almost 300 exposures of 60 seconds each needed for this observation are taken with the CCD heavily defocused. This also increases the precision of the photometric measurements.\n\nObject reference\n\nFull observing report",
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  "record": "posts/1964.json",
  "language": "en",
  "kind": "exoplanet",
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