TRAPPIST-1 f
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TRAPPIST-1f is an exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within the habitable zone around the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, located away from Earth in the constellation of Aquarius. The exoplanet was found by using the transit method, in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured.
Key facts
- Planet.name
- TRAPPIST-1f
- Planet.image
- TRAPPIST-1f artist impression 2018.png
- Planet.caption
- Artist's impression of TRAPPIST-1f. (February 2018)
- Planet.discoverer
- Michaël Gillon et al.
- Planet.discovery_site
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- Planet.discovered
- 22 February 2017
- Planet.discovery_method
- Transit
- Planet.apsis
- astron
- Planet.star
- TRAPPIST-1
- Planet.surface_grav
- g
- Planet.single_temperature
- Teq: ()
via Wikipedia infobox
Exoplanet data
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Physical characteristics
- Mass, radius, and temperature
- Atmosphere
- Host star
- Orbit
- Habitability
- See also
- References
- External links
TRAPPIST-1f is an exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within the habitable zone around the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, located away from Earth in the constellation of Aquarius. The exoplanet was found by using the transit method, in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured.
It was one of four new exoplanets to be discovered orbiting the star in 2017 using observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope.