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Ultra-cool red dwarf star in the constellation Aquarius / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TRAPPIST-1 is a cold dwarf star[lower-alpha 2] noted for its seven known exoplanets. It lies in the constellation Aquarius about 40.66 light-years away from Earth, with a surface temperature of about 2,566 kelvins (2,290 degrees Celsius; 4,160 degrees Fahrenheit). Its radius is slightly larger than Jupiter and it has a mass of about 9% of the Sun. It is estimated to be 7.6 billion years old, making it older than the Solar System. The discovery of the star was first published in 2000.
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Aquarius |
Right ascension | 23h 06m 29.368s[1] |
Declination | −05° 02′ 29.04″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 18.798±0.082[2] |
Characteristics | |
Evolutionary stage | Main sequence |
Spectral type | M8V[3] |
Apparent magnitude (R) | 16.466±0.065[2] |
Apparent magnitude (I) | 14.024±0.115[2] |
Apparent magnitude (J) | 11.354±0.022[4] |
Apparent magnitude (H) | 10.718±0.021[4] |
Apparent magnitude (K) | 10.296±0.023[4] |
V−R color index | 2.332 |
R−I color index | 2.442 |
J−H color index | 0.636 |
J−K color index | 1.058 |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 930.788[1] mas/yr Dec.: −479.038[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 80.2123 ± 0.0716 mas[1] |
Distance | 40.66 ± 0.04 ly (12.47 ± 0.01 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 0.0898±0.0023[5] M☉ |
Radius | 0.1192±0.0013[5] R☉ |
Luminosity (bolometric) | 0.000553±0.000018[5] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 5.2396+0.0056 −0.0073[lower-alpha 1][5] cgs |
Temperature | 2,566±26[5] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.04±0.08[6] dex |
Rotation | 3.295±0.003 days[7] |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 6[8] km/s |
Age | 7.6±2.2[9] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Exoplanet Archive | data |
Observations in 2016 from the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) at La Silla Observatory in Chile and numerous other telescopes led to the discovery of two terrestrial planets in orbit around TRAPPIST-1. In 2017, further analysis of the original observations identified five more planets. It takes the planets between about 1.5 and 19 days to orbit around the star on circular orbits. The planets are likely tidally locked to TRAPPIST-1, such that one side of each planet always faces the star, leading to permanent day on one side and permanent night on the other. Their masses are comparable to that of Earth and they all lie in the same plane; from Earth they seem to move past the disk of the star.
As many as four of the planets – designated d, e, f and g – orbit at distances where temperatures are suitable for the existence of liquid water, and are thus potentially hospitable to life. There is no evidence of an atmosphere on any of the planets and it is unclear whether radiation emissions from TRAPPIST-1 would allow for one. The planets have low densities; they may consist of large amounts of volatile materials. Due to the possibility of several planets being habitable, the system has drawn interest from researchers and has appeared in popular culture.