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I love it! So are these automatically generated based on the data in the exoplanet database, or did some poor 3D artist have to build them all by hand?
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What a fantastic resource. Definitely could have used it when I was writing my story, The Eiffel Tower of Trappist-1 d a couple of years ago to ensure I picked a good option for my space colony.
TRAPPIST-1 b is a super Earth exoplanet
No, no … 1 d.
TRAPPIST-1d is one of seven Earth-sized planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system
Yes!
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it takes 1.5 days to complete one orbit of its star
That planet is really travelling! An entire year in one and a half Earth days? I’m a total layperson when it comes to astrophysics, and I thought at first this must be a typo. But the Exoplanet Catalog sez 1.5 days so I guess 1.5 days it is.
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Yeah, I’m guessing that means that it is so close to its star that it is tidally locked and therefore not a great candidate for life.
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Yeah, but a day is 2 years long. 
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