Artist impression. No real image of TRAPPIST-1 e exists yet.
exoplanet · 40.7 light years from Earth
TRAPPIST-1 e
The most promising of seven Earth-sized TRAPPIST-1 planets, a possible ocean world in the habitable zone.
- Type
- Exoplanet
- Orbits
- TRAPPIST-1
- Distance
- 40.7 light years
- Diameter
- about 11,720 km (estimated)
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Discovered
- 2017
- Rotation
- Tidally locked: one side always faces its star
About TRAPPIST-1 e
- TRAPPIST-1 has seven Earth-sized planets, announced together in 2017.
- Planet e circles its ultra-cool red dwarf in about six days.
- The James Webb Space Telescope is studying the system for signs of atmospheres.
Visit TRAPPIST-1 e in VR
In IKAREE, TRAPPIST-1 e is one of 31 destinations modelled in detail. Sit in the captain's chair, give the order and watch it grow on the main viewscreen. Then send a survey probe and ride its camera down, or ask your science officer what the sensors show.
How to get there
- CaptainHelm, set a course for TRAPPIST-1 e. Warp seven. Engage.
- Brooks · HelmCourse laid in for TRAPPIST-1 e. Warp seven. Engaging.
- CaptainScience, full analysis of TRAPPIST-1 e.
- Hart · ScienceRunning it now, Captain.
