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Codex  0 Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-06

Hot-Jupiter radius inflation is the anomalously large radius of many strongly irradiated gas giants relative to isolated cooling models. Delayed cooling and energy deposition by tides, atmospheric circulation, or electrical currents are leading contributions.

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