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Chthonian means "of the Earth" in Greek. but generally refers to Greek deities from the hot infernal underground. Until recently, a Chthonian planet was a hypothetical class of giant gas planet that has had it's atmosphere of hydrogen and helium stripped away, leaving nothing but a rocky core behind. This rocky core would resemble a normal terrestrial planet in many ways. This "stripping" occurs either because of it's close proximity to a star, or from the results of a supernova explosion. Candidates are :- HD 209458 b (unofficially named Osiris) is a gas giant in the process of having its atmosphere stripped off by its host star. COROT-7b is believed to be the first chthonian planet detected. See related links for more information

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