TRAPPIST-1f
TRAPPIST-1f, also known as 2MASS J23062928-0502285 f, is an exoplanet, likely rocky but under a massive water-steam gaseous envelope at very high pressure and temperature, orbiting within the habitable zone[1] around the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 40 light-years (12 parsecs) 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.
 Artist's impression of TRAPPIST-1f. (February 2018) | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovery date | 22 February 2017 |
| Transit | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.037 AU (5,500,000 km) | |
| Eccentricity | < 0.063 |
| 9.206690 (± 0.000015) d | |
| Inclination | 89.680 (± 0.034) |
| Star | TRAPPIST-1 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.045 (± 0.038) REarth |
| Mass | 0.68 (± 0.18) M🜨 |
| ~0.62 g | |
| Temperature | Teq: 219 K (−54 °C; −65 °F) ≳1,400 K (1,130 °C; 2,060 °F) (surface)[2] |
It was one of four new exoplanets to be discovered orbiting TRAPPIST-1 using observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope.[3]
The planet is a eyeball planet candidate.
TRAPPIST-1f Media
Artist's impression of the surface of TRAPPIST-1f, depicting a liquid water ocean on its surface. The parent star and neighbouring planets are also illustrated.
References
- ↑ "NASA telescope reveals largest batch of Earth-size, habitable-zone planets around single star". Press release. https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1419/nasa-telescope-reveals-largest-batch-of-earth-size-habitable-zone-planets-around-single-star/. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- ↑ Quarles, Billy; Quintana, Elisa V.; Lopez, Eric D.; Schlieder, Joshua E.; Barclay, Thomas (2017). "Plausible Compositions of the Seven TRAPPIST-1 Planets Using Long-term Dynamical Simulations". The Astrophysical Journal. 842 (1): L5. arXiv:1704.02261. Bibcode:2017ApJ...842L...5Q. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aa74bf. S2CID 119474320.
- ↑ Gillon, Michaël; Triaud, Amaury H. M. J.; Demory, Brice-Olivier; Jehin, Emmanuël; Agol, Eric; Deck, Katherine M.; Lederer, Susan M.; Wit, Julien de; Burdanov, Artem (2017). "Seven temperate terrestrial planets around the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1". Nature. 542 (7642): 456–460. arXiv:1703.01424. Bibcode:2017Natur.542..456G. doi:10.1038/nature21360. PMC 5330437. PMID 28230125.