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TRAPPIST-1 Comparison to Solar System and Jovian Moons
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TRAPPIST-1 Comparison to Solar System and Jovian Moons

NASA / JPL · 2017-02-22 · photograph (digital archive)

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All seven planets discovered in orbit around the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 could easily fit inside the orbit of Mercury, the innermost planet of our solar system. In fact, they would have room to spare. TRAPPIST-1 also is only a fraction of the size of our sun; it isn't much larger than Jupiter. So the TRAPPIST-1 system's proportions look more like Jupiter and its moons than those of our solar system.

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Credit lineTRAPPIST-1 Comparison to Solar System and Jovian Moons. NASA/JPL, 2017-02-22. Public domain. ID: PIA21428.

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