7、Orbiting only about three million miles out from its star, the Jupiter-size gas giant planet, dubbed TrES-2b, is heated to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit (980 degrees Celsius).
11、TrES-2b may even represent a whole new class of exoplanet-a possibility Kipping and company hope to put to the test with Kepler, which has so far detected hundreds of planets outside our solar system.
2、TrES-2b orbits its star at a distance of just 3 million miles (by comparison, we're about 93 million miles from our sun), which leads to surface temperatures on TrES-2b of more than 1, 800 degrees.
6、TrES-2b is so black that it’s darker than coal, or any other planet or moon that we’ve yet discovered.
12、以木星為例，TrES-2b之所以與其它與之大小相近的行星不同，是因為木星周圍被能反*超過1/3太陽光的氨雲層所籠罩。
4、Meanwhile, the very darkness of the new exoplanet suggests perhaps a catchier moniker for TrES-2b, Kipping said.
10、The planet, known as TrES-2b, reflects less than 1 per cent of light, which makes it darker than any other planet or moon.
5、而酷熱的TrES-2b上缺少能反*光線的氨雲層。
1、TrES-2b has no ammonia clouds to reflect light because it is extremely hot.
13、這顆巨大的行星大小同木*當，被稱作TrES-2b，運行軌道距離其恆星只有大約300萬英里，表面温度達華氏1800度（攝氏980度）。
3、However, TrES-2b is not entirely black. Its extreme heat means it gives off a faint red glow.
9、But TrES-2b is so dark that it reflects only one percent of the starlight that strikes it, suggesting that the current models may need tweaking, Kipping said.
8、Watching TrES-2b and its star, Kepler detected only the slightest such dimming and brightening, though enough to ascertain that a Jupiter-size gas giant was the cause.
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