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Water Claimed in Evaporating Planet HD 209458b (4.05)

This is an artistic rendition of HD 209458b evaporating because the surface temperature is too great. This is just a theory of what would happen, but it still remains quite controversial. It is known as Hot Jupiter, though it has an orbit similar to that of Mercury.