TRAPPIST-1 Overview

  • Star: TRAPPIST-1
    • Stellar Radius: 0.12 Solar Radius
    • Stellar Effective Temperature: 3352.33 K
    • Planet: TRAPPIST-1 b
      • Disposition Confirmed
      • Planet Radius 0.100 Jupiter Radius
    • Planet: TRAPPIST-1 c
      • Disposition Confirmed
      • Planet Radius 0.098 Jupiter Radius
    • Planet: TRAPPIST-1 d
      • Disposition Confirmed
      • Planet Radius 0.070 Jupiter Radius
    • Planet: TRAPPIST-1 e
      • Disposition Confirmed
      • Planet Radius 0.082 Jupiter Radius
    • Planet: TRAPPIST-1 f
      • Disposition Confirmed
      • Planet Radius 0.093 Jupiter Radius
    • Planet: TRAPPIST-1 g
      • Disposition Confirmed
      • Planet Radius 0.101 Jupiter Radius
    • Planet: TRAPPIST-1 h
      • Disposition Confirmed
      • Planet Radius 0.067 Jupiter Radius

TRAPPIST-1 Architecture & Discovery Information

Name Orbital Separation Planet Size Method Year Reference Disposition
TRAPPIST-1
TRAPPIST-1 b 1.51 d 1.12 R Transit 2016 Gillon et al. 2016 Confirmed Planet
TRAPPIST-1 c 2.42 d 1.1 R Transit 2016 Gillon et al. 2016 Confirmed Planet
TRAPPIST-1 d 4.05 d 0.79 R Transit 2016 Gillon et al. 2016 Confirmed Planet
TRAPPIST-1 e 6.1 d 0.92 R Transit 2017 Gillon et al. 2017 Confirmed Planet
TRAPPIST-1 f 9.21 d 1.05 R Transit 2017 Gillon et al. 2017 Confirmed Planet
TRAPPIST-1 g 12.35 d 1.13 R Transit 2017 Gillon et al. 2017 Confirmed Planet
TRAPPIST-1 h 18.77 d 0.76 R Transit 2017 Gillon et al. 2017 Confirmed Planet
TRAPPIST-1
  • Original planet parameters for planet 'd' retracted by Gillon et al. (2017) owing to incorrect period. (Gillon et al. 2016)
TRAPPIST-1 d
  • Omitted semi-major axis, irradiation, equilibrium temperature, ratio of distance to stellar radius (ranges of discrete values given for set of possible periods). See Table 1 of ref. (Gillon et al. 2016)
  • Original planet parameters for planet 'd' retracted by Gillon et al. (2017) owing to incorrect period. (Gillon et al. 2017)
RA
23h06m30.33s
Dec
-05d02m36.46s
Distance
---
Parallax
---
Ecliptic Latitude
.62982 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
345.73298 deg
Galactic Latitude
-56.64891 deg
Galactic Longitude
69.71519 deg
Total Proper Motion
1026.5792712±8.0000000 mas/yr
Proper Motion (RA)
901.0±8.0 mas/yr
Proper Motion (Dec)
-492.0±8.0 mas/yr
Photometry
mV 17.02±0.20
mTESS 13.8529000±0.0112926
mJ 11.354±0.022
mH 10.718±0.021
mKs 10.296±0.023
mKep 12.917
mIc ---
mGaia 15.645100±0.001448
mg 19.6235000±0.0155229
mi 15.092300±0.004339
mr 17.996300±0.007352
mu 23.305600±0.803622
mz 13.4342000±0.0040633
Source Piaulet-Ghorayeb et al. 2025 Agol et al. 2021 Ducrot et al. 2020 Hirano et al. 2020 TICv8 Gaia DR2 Grimm et al. 2018 Gillon et al. 2017 Gillon et al. 2016 ExoFOP
Teff
(K)
2566±26 2566±26 2520±39 --- ---
3352.3333+103.6670-61.8333
--- 2559±50 2550±55 5780
L
(log10(L⦿))
-3.26+0.01-0.02
-3.26+0.01-0.02
-3.26+0.01-0.01
--- --- --- ---
-3.28+0.03-0.03
-3.28+0.03-0.03
---
Metallicity
(dex)
0.0520±0.0730 [Fe/H] --- 0.05350±0.08800 [Fe/H] --- --- --- --- 0.040±0.080 [Fe/H] 0.040±0.080 [Fe/H] ---
Age
(Gyr)
7.6±2.2 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- >0.5 ---
ρ
(g/cm3)
---
75.05+1.02-1.66
67.64±5.50 --- 84.5307882±11.2901428 --- ---
71.5+1.7-3.1
70.9+8.0-4.6
---
M
(M⦿)
0.0898±0.0023 0.0898±0.0023 0.0898±0.0023 --- 0.09077820±0.02000690 --- 0.089±0.007 0.0802±0.0073 0.080±0.009 ---
R
(R⦿)
0.1192±0.0013 0.1192±0.0013 0.1234±0.0033 --- 0.1148270±0.0033573 --- --- 0.1170±0.0036 0.117±0.004 0.114826999604702±0.003357280000000
Prot
(days)
3.30±0.14 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1.40±0.05 ---
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
5.2396+0.0056-0.0073
5.2396+0.0056-0.0073
--- --- 5.2759600±0.0719093 --- --- --- --- 5.2759600±0.0719093
v sin i
(km/s)
--- --- ---
2.04+0.18-0.16
--- --- --- --- --- ---
Sp. T
M8.0 V --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Source Agol et al. 2021 Rathcke et al. 2025 Ducrot et al. 2020 Hirano et al. 2020 Grimm et al. 2018 Gillon et al. 2017 de Wit et al. 2016 Gillon et al. 2016 ExoFOP
a/R
20.843+0.094-0.155
20.802+0.052-0.078
20.13+0.46-0.55
--- ---
20.50+0.16-0.31
---
20.45+0.43-0.81
---
Teq
(K)
--- --- 397.6±3.8 --- --- 400.1±7.7 366 400±9 802.860220389002
b
0.0950+0.0650-0.0610
---
0.254+0.110-0.085
--- ---
0.126+0.092-0.078
--- 0.21±0.14 ---
S
(S)
4.153+0.161-0.159
--- 4.15±0.16 --- --- 4.25±0.33 --- 4.25±0.38 98.1930529305747
e
--- 0 --- --- 0.00622±0.00304 <0.081 --- 0 ---
i
(deg)
89.728±0.165
89.80+0.14-0.12
89.28±0.32 --- ---
89.65+0.22-0.27
89.39±0.32 89.41±0.41 ---
P
(days)
1.510826±0.000006 1.5108261±0.0000058 1.51088432±0.00000015
1.51087+0.00022-0.00017
--- 1.51087081±0.00000060 --- 1.510848±0.000019 1.51094471179194±0.00012604707000
Rp
(R)
1.116+0.014-0.012
--- --- ---
1.121+0.031-0.032
1.086±0.035 --- 1.113±0.044 1.20389171822242±0.23403676000000
Rp
(RJup)
0.09956+0.00125-0.00107
--- --- ---
0.1000+0.0028-0.0029
0.09689±0.00312 --- 0.09930±0.00393 0.107404210110061±0.020879397178371
a
(au)
0.01154±0.00010 ---
0.011534+0.000099-0.000092
--- 0.011547750±0.000000057 0.01111±0.00034 --- 0.01111±0.00040 ---
δ
(%)
0.7378±0.0064 --- --- --- --- 0.7266±0.0088 0.8015±0.0220 0.754±0.025 1.06934881603416±0.11801766000000
T14
(hours)
0.6010±0.0018 --- 0.60515±0.00155 --- --- 0.6067±0.0028 0.6020±0.0077 0.6020±0.0077 0.640149871039871±0.125401200000000
TC
(days)
---
2460501.405464+0.000010-0.000011
(BJD-TDB)
2457322.514193±0.000003
(BJD-TDB)
2458362.0021+0.0016-0.0022
(BJD-TDB)
--- 2457322.51736±0.00010
(BJD-TDB)
2457512.88646±0.00030
(BJD)
2457322.51765±0.00025
(BJD-TDB)
2460209.80835200±0.00109332
(BJD)
Mp
(M)
1.374±0.069 --- --- ---
1.017+0.154-0.143
0.850±0.720 --- --- ---
Mp
(MJup)
0.004323±0.000217 --- --- ---
0.003200+0.000485-0.000450
0.00267±0.00227 --- --- ---
ρ
(g/cm3)
5.442+0.265-0.276
--- --- ---
4.00+0.51-0.50
3.6±3.1 --- --- ---
Rp/R
0.08590±0.00037
0.08507+0.00016-0.00017
--- --- --- --- --- --- ---
ω
(deg)
--- 90 --- --- 336.86±34.24 --- --- --- ---
λ
(deg)
--- --- ---
15+26-30
--- --- --- --- ---
Source Agol et al. 2021 Rathcke et al. 2025 Ducrot et al. 2020 Grimm et al. 2018 Gillon et al. 2017 de Wit et al. 2016 Gillon et al. 2016
a/R
28.549+0.129-0.212
28.422+0.073-0.111
27.57+0.62-0.76
---
28.08+0.22-0.42
---
28.0+0.6-1.1
Teq
(K)
--- --- 339.7±3.3 --- 341.9±6.6 315 342±8
b
0.109+0.059-0.061
---
0.254+0.110-0.087
---
0.161+0.076-0.084
--- 0.25±0.15
S
(S)
2.214+0.086-0.085
--- 2.211±0.085 --- 2.27±0.18 --- 2.26±0.21
e
--- 0 --- 0.00654±0.00188 <0.083 --- 0
i
(deg)
89.778±0.118
89.83761834+0.09000000-0.08000000
89.47±0.24 --- 89.67±0.17 89.58±0.11 89.50±0.31
P
(days)
2.421937±0.000018
2.4219371+0.0000180-0.0000179
2.42179346±0.00000023 --- 2.4218233±0.0000017 --- 2.421848±0.000028
Rp
(R)
1.097+0.014-0.012
--- ---
1.095+0.030-0.031
1.056±0.035 --- 1.049±0.050
Rp
(RJup)
0.09787+0.00125-0.00107
--- ---
0.09769+0.00268-0.00277
0.09421±0.00312 --- 0.09359±0.00446
a
(au)
0.01580±0.00013 ---
0.01579+0.00014-0.00013
0.01581512±0.00000015 0.01521±0.00047 --- 0.01522±0.00055
δ
(%)
0.7123±0.0064 --- --- --- 0.687±0.010 0.7290±0.0240 0.672±0.042
T14
(hours)
0.7005±0.0022 --- 0.707±0.002 --- 0.7062±0.0037 0.6963±0.0135 0.6963±0.0135
TC
(days)
---
2460501.385348+0.000011-0.000012
(BJD-TDB)
2457282.8113871±0.0000038
(BJD-TDB)
--- 2457282.80728±0.00019
(BJD-TDB)
2457512.88019±0.00016
(BJD)
2457362.72618±0.00033
(BJD-TDB)
Mp
(M)
1.308±0.056 --- ---
1.156+0.142-0.131
1.38±0.61 --- ---
Mp
(MJup)
0.004115±0.000176 --- ---
0.003637+0.000447-0.000412
0.00434±0.00192 --- ---
ρ
(g/cm3)
5.464+0.221-0.237
--- ---
4.87+0.46-0.43
6.45±2.92 --- ---
Rp/R
0.08440±0.00038
0.08453+0.00016-0.00017
--- --- --- --- ---
ω
(deg)
--- 90 --- 282.45±17.10 --- --- ---
Source Agol et al. 2021 Piaulet-Ghorayeb et al. 2025 Ducrot et al. 2020 Grimm et al. 2018 Gillon et al. 2017
a/R
40.216+0.182-0.299
40.15±0.18
38.85+0.88-1.10
---
39.55+0.30-0.59
Teq
(K)
--- 286±3 286.2±2.8 --- 288.0±5.6
b
0.0630+0.0630-0.0430
0.060±0.050
0.235+0.120-0.094
--- 0.17±0.11
S
(S)
1.115±0.043
1.119+0.047-0.044
1.114±0.043 --- 1.143±0.088
i
(deg)
89.896±0.077
89.909+0.068-0.071
89.65±0.15 --- 89.75±0.16
P
(days)
4.049219±0.000026 4.049219±0.000026 4.04978035±0.00000266 --- 4.049610±0.000063
a
(au)
0.02227±0.00019 0.0223±0.0003
0.02226+0.00019-0.00018
0.02228038±0.00000044
0.02144+0.00066-0.00063
T14
(hours)
0.8145±0.0040 --- 0.8228±0.0053 --- 0.8188±0.0110
TC
(days)
--- --- 2457670.1463014±0.0000184
(BJD-TDB)
--- 2457670.14165±0.00035
(BJD-TDB)
Mp
(M)
0.388±0.012 0.388±0.012 ---
0.297+0.039-0.035
0.41±0.27
Mp
(MJup)
0.00122±0.00004 0.00122±0.00004 ---
0.000934+0.000123-0.000110
0.0013±0.0008
ρ
(g/cm3)
4.37+0.15-0.17
--- ---
3.40+0.37-0.34
4.9±3.3
Rp
(R)
0.788+0.011-0.010
0.804+0.014-0.012
--- 0.784±0.023 0.772±0.030
Rp
(RJup)
0.0703+0.0010-0.0009
0.0717+0.0012-0.0011
--- 0.0699±0.0021 0.0689±0.0027
Rp/R
0.06063±0.00052 --- --- --- ---
δ
(%)
0.3676±0.0063 --- --- --- 0.367±0.017
ω
(deg)
--- --- --- -8.73±6.17 ---
e
--- --- --- 0.00837±0.00093 <0.070
Source Agol et al. 2021 Ducrot et al. 2020 Hirano et al. 2020 Grimm et al. 2018 Gillon et al. 2017
a/R
52.855+0.239-0.392
51.0+1.2-1.4
--- ---
51.97+0.40-0.77
Teq
(K)
--- 249.7±2.4 --- --- 251.3±4.9
b
0.191±0.041
0.299+0.085-0.072
--- ---
0.12+0.11-0.09
S
(S)
0.646±0.025 0.645±0.025 --- --- 0.662±0.051
i
(deg)
89.793±0.048 89.663±0.092 --- ---
89.86+0.10-0.12
P
(days)
6.101013±0.000035 6.09956479±0.00000178
6.09705+0.00096-0.00093
--- 6.099615±0.000011
a
(au)
0.02925±0.00250
0.02924+0.00025-0.00023
--- 0.02928285±0.00000034
0.02817+0.00083-0.00087
T14
(hours)
0.9293±0.0043 0.9385±0.0042 --- --- 0.9535±0.0120
TC
(days)
--- 2457660.3676621±0.0000143
(BJD-TDB)
2458361.8113+0.0028-0.0025
(BJD-TDB)
--- 2457660.37859±0.00038
(BJD-TDB)
Mp
(M)
0.692±0.022 --- ---
0.772+0.079-0.075
0.62±0.58
Mp
(MJup)
0.00218±0.00007 --- ---
0.00243+0.00025-0.00024
0.0020±0.0018
ρ
(g/cm3)
4.90+0.17-0.18
--- ---
5.646+0.419-0.386
4.4±4.2
Rp
(R)
0.920+0.013-0.012
--- ---
0.910+0.026-0.027
0.918±0.039
Rp
(RJup)
0.0821+0.0012-0.0011
--- ---
0.0812+0.0023-0.0024
0.0819±0.0035
Rp/R
0.07079±0.00055 --- --- --- ---
δ
(%)
0.5012±0.0078 --- --- --- 0.519±0.026
ω
(deg)
--- --- --- 108.37±8.47 ---
e
--- --- --- 0.00510±0.00058 <0.085
λ
(deg)
--- ---
9.0+45.0-51.0
--- ---
Source Agol et al. 2021 Ducrot et al. 2020 Hirano et al. 2020 Grimm et al. 2018 Gillon et al. 2017
a/R
69.543+0.314-0.516
67.10+1.15-1.90
--- ---
68.4+0.5-1.0
Teq
(K)
--- 217.7±2.1 --- --- 219.0±4.2
b
0.312+0.023-0.018
0.391±0.056 --- --- 0.382±0.035
S
(S)
0.373+0.015-0.014
0.373±0.014 --- --- 0.382±0.030
i
(deg)
89.740±0.019 89.666±0.059 --- --- 89.680±0.034
P
(days)
9.207540±0.000032 9.20659399±0.00000212 9.2129±0.0010 --- 9.206690±0.000015
a
(au)
0.03849±0.00033
0.038774+0.000330-0.000310
--- 0.03853361±0.00000048 0.0371±0.0011
T14
(hours)
1.0480±0.0042 1.055±0.005 --- --- 1.043±0.010
TC
(days)
--- 2457671.3737299±0.0000157
(BJD-TDB)
2458361.8545±0.0018
(BJD-TDB)
--- 2457671.39767±0.00023
(BJD-TDB)
Mp
(M)
1.039±0.031 --- ---
0.9340+0.0800-0.0780
0.68±0.18
Mp
(MJup)
0.003269±0.000098 --- ---
0.002939+0.000252-0.000245
0.0021±0.0006
ρ
(g/cm3)
5.02+0.14-0.16
--- ---
4.50+0.21-0.20
3.30±0.94
Rp
(R)
1.045+0.013-0.012
--- ---
1.046+0.029-0.030
1.045±0.038
Rp
(RJup)
0.09323+0.00116-0.00107
--- ---
0.09332+0.00259-0.00268
0.09323±0.00339
Rp/R
0.08040±0.00047 --- --- --- ---
δ
(%)
0.6465±0.0076 --- --- --- 0.673±0.023
ω
(deg)
--- --- --- 368.81±3.11 ---
e
--- --- --- 0.01007±0.00068 <0.063
λ
(deg)
--- --- 21±32 --- ---
Source Agol et al. 2021 Ducrot et al. 2020 Grimm et al. 2018 Gillon et al. 2017
a/R
84.591+0.382-0.628
81.7+1.8-2.3
---
83.2+0.6-1.2
Teq
(K)
--- 197.3±1.9 --- 198.6±3.8
b
0.379+0.018-0.014
0.430±0.049 --- 0.421±0.031
S
(S)
0.252±0.010 0.2520±0.0097 --- 0.258±0.020
i
(deg)
89.742±0.012 89.698±0.044 --- 89.710±0.025
P
(days)
12.352446±0.000054 12.35355570±0.00000341 --- 12.35294±0.00012
a
(au)
0.04683±0.00040
0.04681528+0.00040000-0.00037000
0.04687692±0.00000032 0.0451±0.0014
T14
(hours)
1.1370±0.0047 1.152±0.006 --- 1.140±0.011
TC
(days)
--- 2457665.3628439±0.0000206
(BJD-TDB)
--- 2457665.34937±0.00021
(BJD-TDB)
Mp
(M)
1.321±0.038 ---
1.148+0.098-0.095
1.34±0.88
Mp
(MJup)
0.004156±0.000120 ---
0.003612+0.000308-0.000299
0.00422±0.00277
ρ
(g/cm3)
5.06+0.14-0.16
---
4.18+0.19-0.18
5.2±3.5
Rp
(R)
1.129+0.015-0.013
---
1.148+0.032-0.033
1.127±0.041
Rp
(RJup)
0.1007+0.0013-0.0012
---
0.1024+0.0029-0.0029
0.1005±0.0037
Rp/R
0.08692±0.00053 --- --- ---
δ
(%)
0.7555±0.0092 --- --- 0.782±0.027
ω
(deg)
--- --- 191.34±13.83 ---
e
--- --- 0.00208±0.00058 <0.061
Source Agol et al. 2021 Ducrot et al. 2020 Grimm et al. 2018 Luger et al. 2017 Gillon et al. 2017
a/R
111.817+0.505-0.830
107.9+2.4-3.0
--- 109±4
117+50-26
Teq
(K)
--- 171.7±1.7 --- 173±4
168+21-28
b
0.378+0.024-0.023
0.448±0.054 ---
0.45+0.06-0.08
0.45+0.22-0.29
S
(S)
0.144±0.006 0.1440±0.0055 --- 0.165±0.025
0.131+0.081-0.067
i
(deg)
89.805±0.013 89.763±0.037 ---
89.76+0.05-0.04
89.80+0.10-0.05
P
(days)
18.772866±0.000214 18.76727450±0.00001876 ---
18.767+0.004-0.003
20+15-6
a
(au)
0.06189±0.00053
0.0618656+0.0005300-0.0004900
0.06193488±0.00000080 ---
0.063+0.027-0.013
T14
(hours)
1.2690±0.0093 1.271±0.014 --- 1.26±0.02
1.280+0.045-0.033
TC
(days)
--- 2457662.5741486±0.0000913
(BJD-TDB)
--- 2457662.55284±0.00037
(BJD-TDB)
2457662.55463±0.00056
(BJD-TDB)
Mp
(M)
0.326±0.020 ---
0.331+0.056-0.049
--- ---
Mp
(MJup)
0.00103±0.00006 ---
0.00104+0.00018-0.00015
--- ---
ρ
(g/cm3)
4.16+0.33-0.30
---
3.96+0.65-0.56
--- ---
Rp
(R)
0.755±0.014 ---
0.773+0.026-0.027
0.752+0.032-0.031
0.755±0.034
Rp
(RJup)
0.0674±0.0012 ---
0.0690+0.0023-0.0024
0.0671+0.0029-0.0028
0.0674±0.0030
Rp/R
0.05809±0.00087 --- --- 0.0588±0.0016 ---
δ
(%)
0.3375±0.0101 --- --- 0.346±0.018 0.3520±0.0326
ω
(deg)
--- --- 338.92±9.66 --- ---
e
--- --- 0.00567±0.00121 --- ---
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