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TRAPPIST-1 System Compared with Mercury Orbit (Artist's Illustration)
The TRAPPIST-1 system, consisting of several known Earth-sized planets orbiting a red dwarf star, would fit deep inside the orbit of the sun's innermost planet, Mercury. CreditsNASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2016
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2016-27-3775-image
The TRAPPIST-1 system, consisting of several known Earth-sized planets orbiting a red dwarf star, would fit deep inside the orbit of the sun's innermost planet, Mercury.
Credits
NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | TRAPPIST-1, 2MASS J23062928-0502285 |
| Object Description | Exoplanet System |
| R.A. Position | 23h 6m 29.28s |
| Dec. Position | -05° 02' 28.59" |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
| Distance | 39 light-years (12 parsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | Data were provided by the HST proposal 14500: J. de Wit (MIT), M. Gillon and A. Burdanov (University of Liège, Belgium), A. Burgasser (UCSD), L. Delrez (University of Liège, Belgium), B.-O. Demory (U. Cambridge), E. Jehin (University of Liège, Belgium), S. Lederer (NASA/Johnson Space Center), N. Lewis (STScI), P. Magain (University of Liège, Belgium), and D. Queloz and A. Triaud (U. Cambridge). The science team also includes V. Van Grootel (University of Liège, Belgium), C. Opitom (University of Liège, Belgium), D. Sahu (Indian Institute of Astrophysics), and D. Gagliuffi (UCSD). |
| Instrument | WFC3/IR |
| Exposure Dates | May 4, 2016 |
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