HAT-P-7b

HAT-P-7b (or Kepler-2b) is an extrasolar planet discovered in 2008. It orbits very close to its host star, and is both larger and more massive than Jupiter. Due to the extreme heat it receives from its star, the dayside temperature is predicted to be 2730 K.
==History==
The GSC 03547-01402 system is within the field of view of the now operational Kepler Mission spacecraft, which confirmed the transit and orbital properties of the planet with significantly improved confidence and observed occultation and light curve characteristics consistent with a strongly absorbing atmosphere with limited advection to the night side. In testing itself on HAT-P-7b, Kepler proved it was sensitive enough to detect Earth-like planets.
In August 2009, it was announced that HAT-P-7b may have a retrograde orbit, based upon measurements of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect.Second backwards planet found, a day after the first HAT-P-7: A Retrograde or Polar Orbit, and a Second PlanetFirst Evidence of a Retrograde Orbit of Transiting Exoplanet HAT-P-7b This announcement came only a day after the announcement of the first planet discovered with such an orbit, WASP-17b.
In January 2010, it was announced that HAT-P-7b was detected through ellipsoidal light variations, the first detection of such kind. This method analyses the brightness variation caused by the rotation of a star as its shape tidally distorted by the planet.Discovery of Ellipsoidal Variations in the Kepler Light Curve of HAT-P-7: William F. Welsh, Jerome A. Orosz, Sara Seager, Jonathan J. Fortney, Jon Jenkins, Jason F. Rowe, David Koch, William J. Borucki
On July 4, 2011, HAT-P-7b was the subject of the Hubble Space Telescope's one millionth science observation.NASA'S Hubble Makes One Millionth Science Observation
==See also==
* HAT-P-11b
* HATNet Project
* Hot Jupiter
* Kepler Mission
==References==
==External links==
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* HAT-P-7b light curve using differential photometry
* Kepler Shows Exoplanet Is Unlike Anything in Our Solar System
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