Scorching-hot planet candi spotted around famous star Vega

"Astronomers have spotted a possible searing-hot planet orbiting Vega, one of the brightest and most famous stars in the sky."

My observation. A good description if the exoplanet is confirmed. I note this report, A Decade of Radial-velocity Monitoring of Vega and New Limits on the Presence of Planets, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/abdec8, "Abstract We present an analysis of 1524 spectra of Vega spanning 10 yr, in which we search for periodic radial-velocity variations...Finally, we detect a candidate radial-velocity signal with a period of 2.43 days and a semi-amplitude of 6 m s^−1. If caused by an orbiting companion, its minimum mass would be ~20 M⊕; because of Vega's pole-on orientation, this would correspond to a Jovian planet if the orbit is aligned with the stellar spin. We discuss the prospects for confirmation of this candidate planet."

Using 20 earth mass exoplanet with radius 4 earth radii, mean density 1.7177E+00 g cm^-3. Neptune is 1.64 g cm^-3. If confirmed, this could be a hot Neptune type exoplanet.
 

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