(Description) Figure 23 Light curve of the TRAPPIST-1 system, showing the wonderfully complex pattern of dips in brightness due to the seven transiting planets. The planets are indicated in the bottom half of the figure. The data was assembled from several ground-based telescopes and NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.

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Light curve of the TRAPPIST-1 system, showing the wonderfully complex pattern of dips in brightness due to the seven transiting planets. The planets are indicated in the bottom half of the figure. The data was assembled from several ground-based telescopes and NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.