TRAPPIST-1 Planets - Flyaround Animation

This video depicts artist's concepts of each of the seven planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, an ultra-cool dwarf star. Over 21 days, NASA's 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, including three in the habitable zone where life is possible. 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, these planets are tidally locked, meaning one face of the planet permanently faces their sun.

The planets appear in the order of innermost to outermost planets.

These artist's concepts were designed as follows: TRAPPIST-1b, closest to the star, was modeled on Jupiter's moon Io, which has volcanic features due to strong gravitational tugs. TRAPPIST-1c is shown as a rocky, warm world with a small ice cap on the side that never faces the star. TRAPPSIT-1d is rocky and has water only in a thin band along the terminator, dividing the day side and night side.

TRAPPIST-1e and TRAPPIST-1f are both shown covered in water, but with progressively larger ice caps on the night side. TRAPPIST-1g is portrayed with an atmosphere like Neptune's, although it is still a rocky world. The farthest planet, TRAPPIST-1h, is shown as covered in ice, similar to Jupiter's icy moon Europa.

The background stars are what you would see if you were in the TRAPPIST-1 system. Orion passes behind the planets, recognizable but distorted from what we’re familiar with, in addition to Taurus and Pleiades.

[chrisgaming]

Who else here really wishes they could be an interstellar explorer and see cool shit like this?

[kostaslouros]

0:01 - 0:09 Damu
0:10 - 0:19 Aja
0:20 - 0:29 Huanca
0:30 - 0:39 Ruaumoko
0:40 - 0:49 Asintmah
0:50 - 0:59 Ostara
1:00 - 1:10 Aranyani
I discovered the names of the planets from the game «Terragenesis». Man, I wish these planets had these names in real life.

[kennyslaughenhaupt]

I would be the first one to jump in a spaceship and spend the rest of my life to go to one of these planets but I'm telling you, if there was ever a highly advanced civilization on one of these planets they are probably long gone. We missed it by millions of years just like they're going to miss ours by millions of years

[GlaceonStudios]

0:00 b (Artoo)
0:10 c (Threepio)
0:20 d (Chewbacca)
0:30 e (Luke)
0:40 f (Leia)
0:50 g (Han)
1:00 h (Obi-Wan)

[roninwolf]

I would love to know where can I get the .zip file for this particular addon on Celestia...

[BiRDiEHere]

TRAPPIST-1E and TRAPPIST-1F are super earths!

[Mindset--Hz]

Space Engine is amazing it's just like this

[upsambodhi]

is it real photo shot by nasa's telescope or just a computer animation??

[govermentrecords]

Check out a book entitled "Trappist-1" by Todd Fries on Amazon.com

[lidianefrancisca]

0:50 this planet doesn't has water

[kennyslaughenhaupt]

Our planet is 4.5 billion years old. We are at the end of our, and all, life existince on our planet. These planets are twice as old as our planet I can guarantee you there there was life probably extremely civilized and highly intelligent life on these planets at one time but we missed it by about 3 billion years while I would say 4 billion years and as star sky and new planets form highly intelligent new forms of life are going to miss our Civilization by about two or three million years it's only two or three million years guys it's not a matter of billions it's a matter of two or three million, come on man it's never going to happen

[exxodas]

total bullshit, we know nothing about what these planets look like