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The TRAPPIST-1 planetary system is an excellent candidate for study of the evolution and habitability of M-dwarf planets. Transmission spectroscopy observations performed with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) suggest the innermost five…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-28 Sarah E. Moran , Sarah M. Hörst , Natasha E. Batalha , Nikole K. Lewis , Hannah R. Wakeford

Seven temperate Earth-sized exoplanets readily amenable for atmospheric studies transit the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 (refs 1,2). Their atmospheric regime is unknown and could range from extended primordial hydrogen-dominated…

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

The Trappist-1 planets provide a unique opportunity to test the current understanding of rocky planet evolution. The James Webb Space Telescope is expected to characterize the atmospheres of these planets, potentially detecting CO$_2$, CO,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-12 Joshua Krissansen-Totton , Jonathan J. Fortney

Transiting planets orbiting M dwarfs provide the best opportunity to study the atmospheres of rocky planets with current facilities. As JWST enters its second year of science operations, an important initial endeavor is to determine whether…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-30 Katie E. Teixeira , Caroline V. Morley , Bradford J. Foley , Cayman T. Unterborn

In this work we aim to determine the atmospheric survivability of the TRAPPIST-1 planets by modelling the response of the upper atmosphere to incoming stellar high-energy radiation. Through this case study, we also aim to learn more about…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-31 Gwenaël Van Looveren , Manuel Güdel , Sudeshna Boro Saikia , Kristina Kislyakova

Available JWST observations TRAPPIST-1 system have suggested that several of the planets are likely airless, or possess a very tenuous atmosphere. However, the high atmospheric escape rates expected for these planets suggest that any…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-15 Megan Gialluca , Victoria Meadows , Andrew Lincowski , Trent Thomas , Parker Hinton , David Brain , David Crisp

Seven rocky planets orbit the nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, providing a unique opportunity to search for atmospheres on small planets outside the Solar System (Gillon et al., 2017). Thanks to the recent launch of JWST, possible atmospheric…

Three Earth-sized exoplanets were recently discovered close to the habitable zone of the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. The nature of these planets has yet to be determined, since their masses remain unmeasured and no observational…

The nearby TRAPPIST-1 system, with its seven small rocky planets orbiting a late-type M8 star, offers an unprecedented opportunity to search for secondary atmospheres on temperate terrestrial worlds. In particular, the 0.8 Earth-radii…

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

The presence of an atmosphere over sufficiently long timescales is widely perceived as one of the most prominent criteria associated with planetary surface habitability. We address the crucial question as to whether the seven Earth-sized…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-17 Chuanfei Dong , Meng Jin , Manasvi Lingam , Vladimir S. Airapetian , Yingjuan Ma , Bart van der Holst

Transiting compact multi-planet systems provide many unique opportunities to characterize the planets, including studies of size distributions, mean densities, orbital dynamics, and atmospheric compositions. The relatively short orbital…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-13 Stephen R. Kane , Tiffany Jansen , Thomas Fauchez , Franck Selsis , Alma Y. Ceja

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

The TRAPPIST-1 system offers one of the best opportunities to characterize temperate terrestrial planets beyond our own solar system. Within the TRAPPIST-1 system, planet e stands out as highly likely to sustain surface liquid water if it…

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 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

TRAPPIST-1 planets are invaluable for the study of comparative planetary science outside our Solar System and possibly habitability. First, we derive from N-body simulations possible planetary evolution scenarios, and show that each of the…

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

The TRAPPIST-1 system is home to at least seven terrestrial planets and is a target of interest for future James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations. Additionally, these planets will be of interest to future missions making…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-26 Kathleen Mandt , Adrienn Luspay-Kuti , Jacob Lustig-Yaeger , Ryan Felton , Shawn Domagal-Goldman
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