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TRAPPIST-1 Compared to Jovian Moons and Inner Solar System - Updated Feb. 2018

NASA/JPL-Caltech2018-02-05

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All seven planets discovered in orbit around the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 could easily fit inside the orbit of Mercury, the innermost planet of our solar system. In fact, they would have room to spare. TRAPPIST-1 also is only a fraction of the size of our Sun; it isn't much larger than Jupiter. So, the TRAPPIST-1 system's proportions look more like Jupiter and its moons than those of our solar system.

The seven planets of TRAPPIST-1 are all Earth-sized and terrestrial. TRAPPIST-1 is an ultra-cool dwarf star in the constellation Aquarius, and its planets orbit very close to it.

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA22096

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  • Title: TRAPPIST-1 Compared to Jovian Moons and Inner Solar System - Updated Feb. 2018
  • Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech
  • Date Created: 2018-02-05
  • Rights: JPL
  • Album: kboggs
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