TRAPPIST-1
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Summary
TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf[1]. TRAPPIST-1 has Wikipedia articles in 63 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: ultra-cool dwarf[3], low-mass star[4], high proper-motion star[5], infrared source[6], near-infrared source[7]
- Constellation: Aquarius[8]
- Spectral class: M7.5e[9], M7.5[10], M8.0[11]
- Commons category: TRAPPIST-1[12]
- Child astronomical body: TRAPPIST-1 b[13], TRAPPIST-1 c[14], TRAPPIST-1 d[15], TRAPPIST-1 e[16], TRAPPIST-1 f[17], TRAPPIST-1 g[18], TRAPPIST-1 h[19], TRAPPIST-1i[20]
- Catalog code: 2MASS J23062928-0502285[21], Gaia DR2 2635476908753563008[22], Karmn J23064-050[23], TIC 278892590[24], Gaia DR3 2635476908753563008[25]
- Official website: http://www.trappist.one/[26]
- Type of variable star: rotating variable star[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:TRAPPIST-1[28]
- Apparent magnitude: 18.798[29], 16.466[30], 15.622554[31], 14.024[32], 11.354[33], 10.718[34], 10.296[35]
- Topic has template: Template:TRAPPIST-1[36]
- Absolute magnitude: 18.27[37]
- Color index: 2.332[38], 2.442[39], 4.774[40], 5.112[41]
- Luminosity: 0.000553 solar luminosity[42]
- Mass: 0.08 solar mass[43], 0.0898 solar mass[44]
- Radius: 0.117 solar radius[45], 0.1192 solar radius[46]
- Rotation period: 3.295 day[47]
- Parallax: 82.58 milliarcsecond[48], 80.09 milliarcsecond[49], 78.76 milliarcsecond[50], 80.4512 milliarcsecond[51], 80.2123 milliarcsecond[52]
- Radial velocity: -56.3 kilometre per second[53], -54 kilometre per second[54], -53.362 kilometre per second[55], -52.003101 kilometre per second[56]
- Metallicity: 0.04[57]
- Distance from Earth: 11.9 parsec[58], 12.1 parsec[59], 12.4299 parsec[60], 12.4669 parsec[61]
- Right ascension: 346.62236872857875 degree[62]
- Declination: -5.04139925051833 degree[63]
- Epoch: J2000.0[64]
- Effective temperature: 2560 K[65], 2400 K[66], 3352.3333 K[67], 2550 K[68], 2566 K[69]
Why It Matters
TRAPPIST-1 is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[70]