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TRAPPIST-1 System Scale Model

...if one light-second were the width of your browser window.

Sizes and distances are to scale based on the assumption that your browser window is one light-second wide. The exoplanets are placed at the semi-major axis of orbit from the host star.

The distance to what would be Mercury’s orbit has been marked to illustrate the stark contrast between the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system and our own. The full Solar system can be explored here .

Visual Options

The middle button in the upper-right corner opens the options menu.

Credits and Sources

Milky Way background image—Rendered from NASA’s Eyes on Exoplanets website
Size and distance values—Wikipedia

Contact

adam@minnesota-slim.net

Main Objects

TRAPPIST-1

TRAPPIST-1b

TRAPPIST-1c

TRAPPIST-1d

TRAPPIST-1e

TRAPPIST-1f

TRAPPIST-1g

TRAPPIST-1h

Overlay Objects

Jupiter

Io

Europa

Ganymede

Callisto

Edge of Sol’s Photosphere

Mercury’s orbit

Star Effects

Milky Way

Sol Overlay

Jovian Overlay

Earth Overlay

HUD

High Contrast Mode

Viewport width: Thinking... km

TRAPPIST-1 System

Thinking... au from center

TRAPPIST-1b

TRAPPIST-1c

TRAPPIST-1d

TRAPPIST-1e

TRAPPIST-1f

TRAPPIST-1g

TRAPPIST-1h

Edge of Sol’s Photosphere

Jupiter

Io

Europa

Ganymede

Callisto

Mercury’s orbit

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Edge of
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