Skip to content
Vinony
English
EnglishDeutschSvenskaالعربيةفارسیहिन्दीไทย한국어
Q23986556

File:TRAPPIST-1_SDSS_2009-09-28_square_crop.png · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ23986556· pop 64· linked from 414 articles

Q23986556

Sign in to save

Also known as Trappist 1

|- ! style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2"| Characteristics |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | Evolutionary stage | Main sequence |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | Spectral type | M8V |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | Apparent magnitude (R) | |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | Apparent magnitude (I) | |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | Apparent magnitude (J) | |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-alig

AI overview

I cannot write an accurate overview based on this context because the provided table fragment is incomplete—it only shows characteristic labels (evolutionary stage, spectral type, magnitude measurements) without the corresponding values that would explain what this object is or why it matters. To create a factual overview for a general reader, I would need complete information about Q23986556's identity and significance.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Official website

TRAPPIST-1

Official webpage for the TRAPPIST-1 system

trappist.one →

Link to the official site · 40,000 chars · not written by Vinony

Wikidata facts

Constellation
Aquarius
Distance from Earth
12.1
Radius
0.117
Mass
0.08
Variable-star type
rotating variable star
Official website
www.trappist.one
Image
PIA21429 - Transit Illustration of TRAPPIST-1.jpg
Show 24 more facts
inception
5000000000
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1200000000
Commons category
TRAPPIST-1
spectral class
M8.0
color index
2.47
radial velocity
-52.003101
parallax
80.2123
topic has template
Template:TRAPPIST-1
apparent magnitude
15.622554
topic's main category
Category:TRAPPIST-1
absolute magnitude
18.4
luminosity
0.00000373
temperature
2550
metallicity
0.04
rotation period
1.40
catalog code
Gaia DR3 2635476908753563008
epoch
J2000.0
effective temperature
2560
right ascension component of proper motion
930.788
declination component of proper motion
118.5
right ascension
346.62236872857875
declination
-5.04139925051833
surface gravity
100000
age estimated by a dating method
7.6

via Wikidata · CC0

~53 min read

Encyclopedic overview

35 sections
Contents
  • Discovery
  • Description
  • Rotation period and age
  • Activity
  • Planetary system
  • Size and composition
  • Resonance and tides
  • Skies and impact of stellar light
  • Habitable zone
  • Moons
  • Magnetic effects
  • Formation history
  • List of planets
  • TRAPPIST-1b
  • TRAPPIST-1c
  • TRAPPIST-1d
  • TRAPPIST-1e
  • TRAPPIST-1f
  • TRAPPIST-1g
  • TRAPPIST-1h
  • Candidate planet TRAPPIST-1i
  • Data table
  • Potential planetary atmospheres
  • Stability
  • Possible life
  • Reception and scientific importance
  • Public reaction and cultural impact
  • Scientific importance
  • Exploration
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Sources
  • Further reading
  • External links

|- ! style="background-color: #FFFFC0; text-align: center;" colspan="2"| Characteristics |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | Evolutionary stage | Main sequence |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | Spectral type | M8V |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | Apparent magnitude (R) | |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | Apparent magnitude (I) | |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | Apparent magnitude (J) | |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | Apparent magnitude (H) | |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | Apparent magnitude (K) | |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | V−R | 2.332 |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | R−I | 2.442 |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | J−H | 0.636 |- style="vertical-align:top" ! style="text-align:left" | J−K | 1.058 |- style="vertical-align:top"

TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf star with seven known planets. It lies in the constellation Aquarius approximately light-years away from Earth. An ultra-cool dwarf, it has a surface temperature of about . Its radius is slightly larger than Jupiter's and it has a mass of about 9% of the Sun. It is estimated to be 7.6 billion years old, making it older than the Solar System. The discovery of the star was first published in 2000.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q23986556” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (23)

Available in 63 languages

Show 44 more

via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0