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The recent discovery of the planetary system hosted by the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 could open new perspectives into the investigation of planetary climates of Earth-sized exoplanets, their atmospheres and their possible…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-19 Tommaso Alberti , Vincenzo Carbone , Fabio Lepreti , Antonio Vecchio

We investigate the impact of CO$_2$ on TRAPPIST-1 e, f and g during the magma ocean stage. These potentially habitable rocky planets are currently the most accessible for astronomical observations. A constraint on the volatile budget during…

Context. New estimates of the masses and radii of the seven planets orbiting the ultracool M-dwarf TRAPPIST-1 star permit improved modelling of their compositions, heating by tidal dissipation, and removal of tidal heat by solid-state…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-03 Vera Dobos , Amy C. Barr , László L. Kiss

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

Recently, seven Earth-sized planets were discovered around the M-dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. Thanks to transit-timing variations, the masses and therefore the bulk densities of the planets have been constrained, suggesting that all TRAPPIST-1…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-17 Djoeke Schoonenberg , Beibei Liu , Chris W. Ormel , Caroline Dorn

The TRAPPIST-1 planetary system provides an unprecedented opportunity to study terrestrial exoplanet evolution with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and ground-based observatories. Since M dwarf planets likely experience extreme…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-07 Andrew P. Lincowski , Victoria S. Meadows , David Crisp , Tyler D. Robinson , Rodrigo Luger , Jacob Lustig-Yaeger , Giada N. Arney

The recent discovery of seven potentially habitable Earth-size planets around the ultra-cool star TRAPPIST-1 has further fueled the hunt for extraterrestrial life. Current methods focus on closely monitoring the host star to look for…

Popular Physics · Physics 2017-04-03 M. Turbo-King , B. R. Tang , Z. Habeertable , M. C. Chouffe , B. Exquisit , L. Keg-beer

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

We identify observational signatures suggesting a history of dynamical instability in 26 out of 34 M-dwarf multi-planet systems containing no large planets. These systems may have primarily formed in a gas-rich environment, potentially…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-04 Anna C. Childs , Alexa P. S. Hua , Rebecca G. Martin , Chao-Chin Yang , Aaron M. Geller

The TRAPPIST-1 planets have become prime targets for studying the atmospheric and geophysical properties of planets around M-dwarf stars. To effectively identify their atmospheric composition, we first must understand their geological…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-17 Junellie Perez , Laura K. Schaefer , Edward Schwieterman , Kevin B. Stevenson , Howard Chen , Jacob Lustig-Yaeger

The ultracool M-dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 is surrounded by seven planets configured in a resonant chain. Transit-timing variations have shown that the planets are caught in multiple three-body resonances and that their orbits are slightly…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 R. Brasser , G. Pichierri , V. Dobos , A. C. Barr

TRAPPIST-1 is a late M-dwarf orbited by seven Earth-sized planets with orbital period ratios near a chain of mean motion resonances. Due to uncertain system parameters, most orbital configurations drawn from the inferred posterior…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-24 Daniel Tamayo , Hanno Rein , Cristobal Petrovich , Norman Murray

Planets in multi-planet systems are expected to migrate inward as near-resonant chains, thus allowing them to undergo gravitational planet-planet interactions and possibly maintain a non-zero obliquity. The TRAPPIST-1 system is in such a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-13 Tobi Hammond , Thaddeus Komacek

JWST observations of the secondary eclipse of TRAPPIST-1 b at 12.8 and 15 microns revealed a very bright dayside. These measurements are consistent with an absence of atmosphere. Previous 1D atmospheric modeling also excludes -- at first…

The TRAPPIST-1 system is remarkable for its seven planets that are similar in size, mass, density, and stellar heating to the rocky planets Venus, Earth, and Mars in our own Solar System (Gillon et al. 2017). All TRAPPIST-1 planets have…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-02 Thomas P. Greene , Taylor J. Bell , Elsa Ducrot , Achrène Dyrek , Pierre-Olivier Lagage , Jonathan J. Fortney

Mass-radius relationships for water-rich rocky planets are usually calculated assuming most water is present in condensed (either liquid or solid) form. Planet density estimates are then compared to these mass-radius relationships, even…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-08 Martin Turbet , Emeline Bolmont , David Ehrenreich , Pierre Gratier , Jérémy Leconte , Franck Selsis , Nathan Hara , Christophe Lovis

TRAPPIST-1 is a fantastic nearby (~39.14 light years) planetary system made of at least seven transiting terrestrial-size, terrestrial-mass planets all receiving a moderate amount of irradiation. To date, this is the most observationally…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-05 Martin Turbet , Emeline Bolmont , Vincent Bourrier , Brice-Olivier Demory , Jérémy Leconte , James Owen , Eric T. Wolf

One of the forefront goals in the field of exoplanets is the detection of an atmosphere on a temperate terrestrial exoplanet, and among the best suited systems to do so is TRAPPIST-1. However, JWST transit observations of the TRAPPIST-1…

Recently, the first JWST measurement of thermal emission from a rocky exoplanet was reported. The inferred dayside brightness temperature of TRAPPIST-1 b at 15 $\mu$m is consistent with the planet having no atmosphere and therefore no…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 Jegug Ih , Eliza M. -R. Kempton , Emily A. Whittaker , Madeline Lessard