Trappist-1 Solar System

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The solar system of Trappist-1 is very much different from the one that we live in. For starters, the size of this host star, Trappist-1, is remarkably only one-tenth the size of the sun or just only twice the size of our planet Jupiter. Compared to our solar system, Trappist-1 only consists of three planets that orbits around it. However, the length of time these tiny planets take to orbit around Trappist-1 extremely short. Out of the three planets, the two closest to Trappist-1 takes “… just 1.5 and 2.4 Earth days, respectively, to complete a turn around it.” (Smith, “The Solar System and You)”. The third planet’s orbital period is less certain, ranging from 4 days to over 10 weeks according to suggestions from current

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