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cool red dwarf · M8.0V

TRAPPIST-1

TRAPPIST-1 is a cool red dwarf 40.5 light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 2,566 K, 0.09 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 7.6 billion years. It has 7 known planets.

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Planets
7 
Distance
40.5 light-years12.4 pc
Star
2,566 K0.12 R☉

About this system

The innermost, TRAPPIST-1 b, circles it in 1.51 days; the outermost, TRAPPIST-1 h, in 18.8 days. 4 of them lie in the habitable zone: TRAPPIST-1 d, TRAPPIST-1 e, TRAPPIST-1 f and TRAPPIST-1 g.

Worlds of TRAPPIST-1

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
TRAPPIST-1 bEarth-sized 1.1 × Earth1.51 days398 K
TRAPPIST-1 cEarth-sized 1.1 × Earth2.42 days340 K
TRAPPIST-1 dEarth-sized 0.79 × Earth4.05 days286 K
TRAPPIST-1 eEarth-sized 0.92 × Earth6.1 days250 K
TRAPPIST-1 fEarth-sized 1 × Earth9.21 days218 K
TRAPPIST-1 gEarth-sized 1.1 × Earth12.4 days197 K
TRAPPIST-1 hEarth-sized 0.76 × Earth18.8 days172 K