TRAPPIST-1 System (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

TRAPPIST-1 System

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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.

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NASA/JPL- Caltech

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