superjovian
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superjovian (not comparable)
- Alternative form of super-Jovian
- 2015, Thayne Currie, Ryan Cloutier, Sean Brittain, Carol Grady, Adam Burrows, Takayuki Muto, Scott J. Kenyon, Marc J. Kuchner, “Resolving the HD 100546 Protoplanetary System with the Gemini Planet Imager: Evidence for Multiple Forming, Accreting Planets”, in arXiv[1]:
- HD 100546 b likely has extremely red infrared colors compared to field brown dwarfs, qualitatively similar to young cloudy superjovian planets, however, these colors may instead indicate that HD 100546 b is still accreting material from a circumplanetary disk.