Planet Parade: the seven planets of TRAPPIST-1

This artist’s impression video compares the seven planets orbiting the ultra-cool red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 at the same scale. New observations, when combined with very sophisticated analysis, have now yielded good estimates of the densities of all seven of the Earth-sized planets and suggest that they are rich in volatile materials, probably water.

They are shown to the same scale but not in the correct relative positions.

 

Credit:

ESO/M. Kornmesser

About the Video

Id:eso1805b
Release date:5 February 2018, 17:00
Related releases:eso1805
Duration:01 m 00 s
Frame rate:30 fps

About the Object

Type:Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System
Category:Exoplanets

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