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TRAPPIST-1 is an 0.09 $M_{\odot}$ star, which harbours a system of seven Earth-sized planets. Two main features stand out: (i) all planets have similar radii, masses, and compositions; and (ii) all planets are in resonance. Previous works…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-16 Shuo Huang , Chris W. Ormel

The TRAPPIST-1 planetary system represents an exceptional opportunity for the atmospheric characterization of temperate terrestrial exoplanets with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Assessing the potential impact of stellar…

With the discovery of rocky planets in the temperate habitable zone (HZ) of the close-by cool star TRAPPIST-1 the question of whether such planets could harbour life arises. Habitable planets around red dwarf stars can orbit in radiation…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-10 J. T. O'Malley-James , L. Kaltenegger

The seven approximately Earth-sized transiting planets in the \object{TRAPPIST-1} system provide a unique opportunity to explore habitable zone and non-habitable zone small planets within the same system. Its habitable zone exoplanets --…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-17 Zhanbo Zhang , Yifan Zhou , Benjamin V. Rackham , Daniel Apai

The discovery of potentially habitable planets around the ultracool dwarf star Trappist-1 naturally poses the question: could Trappist-1 planets be home to life? These planets orbit very close to the host star and are most susceptible to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-06 Raissa Estrela , Sourav Palit , Adriana Valio

JWST observations of the 7-planet TRAPPIST-1 system will provide an excellent opportunity to test outcomes of stellar-driven evolution of terrestrial planetary atmospheres, including atmospheric escape, ocean loss and abiotic oxygen…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-07 Megan T. Gialluca , Rory Barnes , Victoria S. Meadows , Rodolfo Garcia , Jessica Birky , Eric Agol

As the first and till date the only one multiple planet hosting dwarf star that is sufficiently cool to form condensate cloud in it atmosphere, Trappist-1 provides unique opportunity to test the efficiency of image polarimetry as a tool to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 Sujan Sengupta

The planetary infrared excess (PIE) technique has the potential to efficiently detect and characterize the thermal spectra of both transiting and non-transiting exoplanets. However, the technique has not been evaluated on multiplanet…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-28 L. C. Mayorga , J. Lustig-Yaeger , K. B. Stevenson

We study the process of panspermia in Milky Way-like galaxies by modeling the probability of successful travel of organic compounds between stars harboring potentially habitable planets. To this end, we apply the modified habitability…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-15 Raphael Gobat , Sungwook E. Hong , Owain Snaith , Sungryong Hong

Three of the seven rocky planets (e, f, and g) in TRAPPIST-1 system orbit in the habitable zone of the host star. Therefore, water can be in liquid state at their surface being essential for life. Recent studies suggest that these planets…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-05 Zoltán Dencs , Zsolt Regály

The upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) combined with the unique features of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system should enable the young field of exoplanetology to enter into the realm of temperate Earth-sized worlds.…

TRAPPIST-1 is an ultracool dwarf (UCD) with a system of 7 terrestrial planets, at least three of which orbit in the habitable zone. The radio emission of such low-mass stars is poorly understood; few UCDs have been detected at radio…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-14 Anna Hughes , Aaron Boley , Rachel Osten , Jacob White

The TRAPPIST-1 system is a priority target for terrestrial exoplanet characterization. TRAPPIST-1e, residing in the habitable zone, will be observed during the JWST GTO Program. Here, we assess the prospects of differentiating between…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-24 Zifan Lin , Ryan J. MacDonald , Lisa Kaltenegger , David J. Wilson

The TRAPPIST-1 system provides an exquisite laboratory for understanding exoplanetary atmospheres and interiors. Their mutual gravitational interactions leads to transit timing variations, from which Grimm et al. (2018) recently measured…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-01 Gabrielle Suissa , David Kipping

The TRAPPIST-1 system provides an extraordinary opportunity to study multiple terrestrial extrasolar planets and their atmospheres. Here we use the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Atmosphere Model version 4 to study the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-03 Eric T. Wolf

Transit photometry of the M8V dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 (2MASS J23062928-0502285) has revealed the presence of at least seven planets with masses and radii similar to that of Earth orbiting at distances that might allow liquid water to be…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-30 Alan P. Boss , Alycia J. Weinberger , Sandra A. Keiser , Tri L. Astraatmadja , Guillem Anglada-Escude , Ian B. Thompson

The TRAPPIST-1 planetary system is observationally favorable for studying if planets orbiting M stars can retain atmospheres and host habitable conditions. Recent JWST secondary eclipse observations of TRAPPIST-1 c rule out a thick \ch{CO2}…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-07 Trent B. Thomas , Victoria S. Meadows , Joshua Krissansen-Totton , Megan T. Gialluca , Nicholas F. Wogan , David C. Catling

The recent discovery of three Earth-sized, potentially habitable planets around a nearby cool star, TRAPPIST-1, has provided three key targets for the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Depending on their atmospheric…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-08 Joanna K. Barstow , Patrick G. J. Irwin

The TRAPPIST-1 system has 7 known terrestrial planets arranged compactly in a mean motion resonant chain around an ultra-cool central star, some within the estimated habitable zone. Given their short orbital periods of just a few days, it…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-07 Alec M. Vinson , Daniel Tamayo , Brad M. S. Hansen

The TRAPPIST-1 system is sufficiently closely packed that tides raised by one planet on another are significant. We investigate whether this source of tidal heating is comparable to eccentricity tides raised by the star. Assuming a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-17 Hamish Hay , Isamu Matsuyama