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or excuse me, the 248th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Pasadena, California. Hot jubaters are already considered some of the most extreme exoplanets we know of. But even among that population, HD 60606B is one of the most extreme Cittapony. Kataria, the studies principal investigator at NASA's Jip Close and Laboratory in Southern California, we typically think of hot jubaters as hot gas giants sitting right next to their stars. But this planet's highly eccentric orbit creates a completely different beast. As the planet plunges close to its star, Webb shows its temperature skyrockets by 1100 degrees Fahrenheit. Previous studies have shown that radical temperature swings can cause an exoplanet.