![K2-33b, shown in this illustration, is one of the youngest exoplanets detected to date using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope.](https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/PIA20690/PIA20690~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1080&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint)
Exoplanet Orbits Youthful Star (Artist Concept)
K2-33b, shown in this illustration, is one of the youngest exoplanets detected to date using NASA Kepler Space Telescope. It makes a complete orbit around its star in about five days. These two characteristics combined provide exciting new directions for planet-formation theories. K2-33b could have formed on a farther out orbit and quickly migrated inward. Alternatively, it could have formed in situ, or in place. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA20690
TakenJune 20, 2016
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PIA NumberPIA20690