File:PIA21427 - TRAPPIST-1 Planetary Orbits and Transits.ogv

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English: This video details a system of seven planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, an ultra-cool dwarf star. Over 21 days, Spitzer measured the drop in light as each planet passed in front of the star. Spitzer was able to identify a total of seven rocky worlds, including three in the habitable zone where liquid water might be found.

This animation visualizes the change in light as each planet passes in front of its star. The study established the planets' size, distance from their sun and, for some of them, their approximate mass and density. It also established that some, if not all, of these planets are tidally locked, meaning one face of the planet permanently faces their sun.

The system has been revealed through observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the ground-based TRAPPIST (TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope) telescope, as well as other ground-based observatories. The system was named for the TRAPPIST telescope.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at Caltech, also in Pasadena. Spacecraft operations are based at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Littleton, Colorado. Data are archived at the Infrared Science Archive housed at Caltech/IPAC. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.

For more information about the Spitzer mission, visit http://www.nasa.gov/spitzer and http://spitzer.caltech.edu.
Date 22 February 2017 (published 22 February 2017)
Source Catalog page · Full-res (MP4)
Author NASA/JPL-Caltech
This image or video was catalogued by Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: PIA21427.

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Media of the day This file was selected as the media of the day for 24 February 2020. It was captioned as follows:
English: This video details a system of seven planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, an ultra-cool dwarf star. Over 21 days, the Spitzer Space Telescope measured the drop in light as each planet passed in front of the star. Spitzer was able to identify a total of seven rocky worlds named TRAPPIST-1b (innermost) to TRAPPIST-1h (outermost). Three of the planets (e, f and g) orbit within the habitable zone.
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Čeština: Video zobrazující detailní pohled na systém sedmi planet, obíhajících kolem hvězdy TRAPPIST-1 typu červený trpaslík. Spitzerův vesmírný dalekohled sledoval po dobu 21 dnů poklesy v intenzitě světla hvězdy, způsobené přechodem jednotlivých planet přes hvězdný kotouč a byl tak schopen identifikovat 7 terestrických planet pojmenovaných TRAPPIST-1b (nejbližší) až TRAPPIST-1h (nejvzdálenější). Tři z těchto planet (1e - 1g) se pohybují v tzv. obyvatelné zóně.
English: This video details a system of seven planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, an ultra-cool dwarf star. Over 21 days, the Spitzer Space Telescope measured the drop in light as each planet passed in front of the star. Spitzer was able to identify a total of seven rocky worlds named TRAPPIST-1b (innermost) to TRAPPIST-1h (outermost). Three of the planets (e, f and g) orbit within the habitable zone.
Эрзянь: Те ванмосонть невтевить сисем чарытештнеде, конат чарыть TRAPPIST-1, юльтра-вишкинька тештенть перькава. 21 чинь перть Spitzer Space Telescope онксниль валдонь прамонть зярдо эрьва чарытештесь ютыль тештень икельга.
Polski: Animacja przedstawiająca układ siedmiu planet krążących wokół gwiazdy TRAPPIST-1, ultra-chłodnego czerwonego karła. Przez 21 dni Kosmiczny Teleskop Spitzera mierzył spadki jasności gwiazdy powstałe wskutek tranzytu każdej z planet na tle gwiazdy. Dzięki temu udało się zidentyfikować łącznie siedem planet skalistych nazwanych od TRAPPIST-1b (najbliżej gwiazdy) do TRAPPIST-1h (najdalej od gwiazdy). Trzy z nich (e, f oraz g) krążą wewnątrz ekosfery układu.

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