Exoplanet system
TRAPPIST-1
Distance~40 ly
Planets7 rocky worlds
Announced22 Feb 2017
Webbfirst results Mar 2023
Seven Earth-size planets; all of them would fit inside the orbit of Mercury.
TRAPPIST-1 is the most thoroughly known planetary system apart from our own.
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