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Smadar Naoz

1 articles · 19 co-authors · latest: 2026-07-01

Cosmic Carving: Birth of a Bloated Neptune from a Jupiter

Astronomers discovered exoplanet TOI-2195 A b – a hot Neptune with a mass 1.5 times that of Neptune, but a radius almost as large as Jupiter's. Orbital analysis suggests a likely polar orbit. Modeling indicates the planet may have formed as a cold Jupiter, losing up to 90% of its mass during highly
arXiv:2607.01315v1 · 2026-07-01