Comparison of the sizes of the TRAPPIST-1 planets with Solar System bodies
This diagram compares the sizes of the newly-discovered planets around the faint red star TRAPPIST-1 with the Galilean moons of Jupiter and the inner Solar System. All the planets found around TRAPPIST-1 are of similar size to the Earth.
Credit:ESO/O. Furtak
About the Image
| Id: | eso1706d |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 22 February 2017, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1706 |
| Size: | 2773 x 2880 px |
About the Object
| Name: | TRAPPIST-1 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Category: | Exoplanets Illustrations |
