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If anyone's curious, the name comes from planets around the star having been discovered using the TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope https://
by wlesieutre 3y ago
If anyone's curious, the name comes from planets around the star having been discovered using the TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST
- none_to_remain 3y agoThe name comes from Trappist beer. Belgian university
- wlesieutre 3y agoThe telescope's name comes from that, then the star's name from the telescope See also: SPECULOOS (Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECULOOS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECULOOS