TRAPPIST-1 - 7 Terrestrial Planets, One Tiny Star

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Published on February 23, 2017 11:00:28 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89aS-dllUb8

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2MASS J23062928-0502285 is not the catchiest name for a star, so thank some funny Belgian astronomers who discovered a couple of exoplanets around it using the Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) last year.

Since then NASA followed up with the Spitzer space telescope, and a total of 7 rocky planets have been discovered orbiting this tiny star.

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