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Exoplanets: Weather forecast for a hot Jupiter

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Atmospheres within the Solar System are known to exhibit seasonal changes. Observations with the Kepler spacecraft hint at analogous periodic weather variations in an exoplanet atmosphere.

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Figure 1: Hypothetical variations in the atmosphere of HAT-P-7 b.

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