The Song of a Solar System: TRAPPIST-1
What keeps the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet system stable? SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1OhMPQC Thank you Daniel Tamayo, Matt Russo, and Andrew Santaguida! Read the journal article: https://arxiv.org/pdf/17...
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So when NASA announced the discovery of the Trappist 1 system that got everybody excited,the scientific Community, the public, you know,you had seven earth-sized planets, several of which might have the right temperatureto host liquid water.Prime targets for the search for life outside the solar system.So what really captured our attention was when they tried to simulate the systemthey found that it just fell apart, planets started colliding with each other on reallyshort times.You know what are the chances that we would catch the system at this very special timeright before destruction.It seems more likely that there's something more going on, something that's keeping thesystem stable.So the additional key piece of information here is actually when...
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So when NASA announced the discovery of the Trappist 1 system that got everybody excited,the scientific Community, the public, you know,you had seven earth-sized planets, several of which might have the right temperatureto host liquid water.Prime targets for the search for life outside the solar system.So what really captured our attention was when they tried to simulate the systemthey found that it just fell apart, planets started colliding with each other on reallyshort times.You know what are the chances that we would catch the system at this very special timeright before destruction.It seems more likely that there's something more going on, something that's keeping thesystem stable.So the additional key piece of information here is actually when...
