TRAPPIST-1d
TRAPPIST-1d, also known as 2MASS J23062928-0502285 d, is a small exoplanet which is about 40% the mass of the Earth. It orbits on the inner edge of the habitable zone of the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. It is located 40.7 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Aquarius. The exoplanet was found by using the transit method, which means the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured. The first information about the planet were announced in 2016, but it wasn't until the following years that more information about the likely nature of the planet was obtained. TRAPPIST-1d is the second-least massive planet of the TRAPPIST-1 system and is likely to have a thin hydrogen-poor atmosphere that is closely packed together similar to Venus, Earth, or Mars.[6] It gets just 4.3% more sunlight than how much sunlight the Earth gets from the sun, placing it on the inner edge of the habitable zone.[7] It has about less than 5% of its mass as a volatile layer, which could consist of atmosphere, oceans, and/or ice layers.[2] A 2018 study by the University of Washington came to a opinion that TRAPPIST-1d might be a Venus-like exoplanet with an uninhabitable atmosphere.[8] The planet is an eyeball planet candidate.[9]
 Artist's impression of TRAPPIST-1d (February 2018). | |
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Michaël Gillon et al. |
| Discovery site | TRAPPIST |
| Discovery date | May 2, 2016 |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics[4] | |
| 0.02227±0.00019 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.00837±0.00093[2] |
| 4.049219±0.000026 d | |
| Inclination | 89.896°±0.077° |
| −8.73°±6.17°[2] | |
| Star | TRAPPIST-1[3] |
| Physical characteristics[4] | |
Mean radius | 0.788+0.011 −0.010 R🜨 |
| Mass | 0.388±0.012 M🜨 |
Mean density | 4.354+0.156 −0.163 g/cm3 |
| 0.624±0.019 g 6.11±0.19 m/s2 | |
| Temperature | Teq: 286.2±2.8 K (13.1 °C; 55.5 °F)[5] |
TRAPPIST-1d Media
Artist's impression of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system.
References
- ↑ Gillon, Michaël; Jehin, Emmanuël; Lederer, Susan M.; Delrez, Laetitia; et al. (May 2016). "Temperate Earth-sized planets transiting a nearby ultracool dwarf star". Nature. 533 (7602): 221–224. arXiv:1605.07211. Bibcode:2016Natur.533..221G. doi:10.1038/nature17448. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 5321506. PMID 27135924.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Grimm, Simon L.; Demory, Brice-Olivier; Gillon, Michael; Dorn, Caroline; Agol, Eric; Burdanov, Artem; Delrez, Laetitia; Sestovic, Marko; Triaud, Amaury H.M.J.; Turbet, Martin; Bolmont, Emeline; Caldas, Anthony; de Wit, Julien; Jehin, Emmanuel; Leconte, Jeremy; Raymond, Sean N.; Van Grootel, Valerie; Burgasser, Adam J.; Carey, Sean; Fabrycky, Daniel; Heng, Kevin; Hernandez, David M.; Ingalls, James G.; Lederer, Susan; Selsis, Franck; Queloz, Didier (5 February 2018). "The nature of the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 613: A68. arXiv:1802.01377. Bibcode:2018A&A...613A..68G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201732233. S2CID 3441829.
- ↑ Van Grootel, Valerie; Fernandes, Catarina S.; Gillon, Michaël; Jehin, Emmanuel; Scuflaire, Richard; et al. (5 December 2017). "Stellar Parameters for Trappist-1". The Astrophysical Journal. 853 (1): 30. arXiv:1712.01911. Bibcode:2018ApJ...853...30V. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aaa023. S2CID 54034373.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Agol, Eric; Dorn, Caroline; Grimm, Simon L.; Turbet, Martin; et al. (1 February 2021). "Refining the Transit-timing and Photometric Analysis of TRAPPIST-1: Masses, Radii, Densities, Dynamics, and Ephemerides". The Planetary Science Journal. 2 (1): 1. arXiv:2010.01074. Bibcode:2021PSJ.....2....1A. doi:10.3847/psj/abd022. S2CID 222125312.
- ↑ Ducrot, E.; Gillon, M.; Delrez, L.; Agol, E.; et al. (1 August 2020). "TRAPPIST-1: Global results of the Spitzer Exploration Science Program Red Worlds". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 640: A112. arXiv:2006.13826. Bibcode:2020A&A...640A.112D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201937392. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 220041987.
- ↑ February 2018, Elizabeth Howell 07 (7 February 2018). "Rocky-Planet-Like Atmospheres Are Possible on 3 TRAPPIST-1 Planets". Space.com. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
- ↑ Delrez, Laetitia; Gillon, Michael; H.M.J, Amaury; Brice-Oliver Demory, Triaud; de Wit, Julien; Ingalls, James; Agol, Eric; Bolmont, Emeline; Burdanov, Artem; Burgasser, Adam J.; Carey, Sean J.; Jehin, Emmanuel; Leconte, Jeremy; Lederer, Susan; Queloz, Didier; Selsis, Franck; Grootel, Valerie Van (9 January 2018). "Early 2017 observations of TRAPPIST-1 with Spitzer". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 475 (3): 3577–3597. arXiv:1801.02554. Bibcode:2018MNRAS.475.3577D. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty051.
- ↑ "Study brings new climate models of small star TRAPPIST 1's seven intriguing worlds".
- ↑ Anders, Charlie Jane (2019-02-13). "The Bizarre Planets That Could Be Humanity's New Homes". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
