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Jump71of 100 · 40.7 light years from Earth

TRAPPIST-1 e: one of seven Earth-sized worlds

TRAPPIST-1e is one of seven Earth-sized planets around a cool star 40 light years away, and it sits in its habitable zone.

NASA illustration of the seven TRAPPIST-1 planets in a row beside their star; it is not a photo
Illustration, not a photo Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech · original

Curious facts

  1. Seven Earth-sized planets

    TRAPPIST-1, a cool star about 40 light years away, has seven Earth-sized planets, the largest such group known around a single star. 1

  2. In the habitable zone

    Three of them, e, f and g, sit in the habitable zone, the band where liquid water could exist. 1

TRAPPIST-1 e in Orbit

In the game, TRAPPIST-1 e is jump 71 of the route, 40.7 light years from Earth. Its logbook card says:

Logbook · Jump 71

One of seven Earth-sized worlds; in the habitable zone

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What Orbit is like

Sources

  1. NASA JPL, 2017. jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-telescope-reveals-largest-batch-of-earth-size-habitable-zone-planets-around-single-star

Checked between 8 and 11 October 2026.

Illustration, not a photo Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech · original