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JWST maps the asymmetrical atmosphere of hot Jupiter WASP-17b

Cornell says a team used JWST observations and a new “transmission strings” method to resolve WASP-17b’s uneven contours.

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The shape of WASP-17b’s atmosphere mapped using transmission strings. The planet has a broad banded jet around the equator with vast wind speeds which transport material and heat from the permanently irradiated dayside to the permanently shadowed nightside.

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