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Artist’s impression of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system

author: ESO/Novapix

reference: a-exo99-33308

Image Size 300 DPI: 84 * 59 cm

This artist’s impression shows several of the planets orbiting the ultra-cool red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. 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.

Keywords for this photo:

AQUARIUS - ASTRONOMY - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - ILLUSTRATION - PLANET - RED DWARF - STAR - TRAPPIST-1 - WATER -