ExoAtmospheres
IAC community database for exoplanet atmospheric observations

 

TRAPPIST-1 b

Planet status Confirmed
Planet type Warm Earth-size
Period 1.51087081 d
Mass 0.0027 MJ 0.85806 M⊕
Radius 0.0969 RJ 1.08528 R⊕
Semi major axis 0.01111 AU
Star name TRAPPIST-1
Star distance 12.1 pc
Star teff 2560 K
Star radius 0.117 R☉
Temperature (calculated) 503 K
V 18.798 mag
J 11.354 mag
K 10.296 mag
Alternate names
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Molecules

Featureless spectra: Detection

Phase curve: Yes Dayside Temperature (occultation): 490 K

JWST-MIRI

First JWST thermal phase curves of temperate terrestrial exoplanets reveal no thick atmosphere around TRAPPIST-1 b and c

2025, Michaël Gillon, Elsa Ducrot et al.

H: Upper limit

HST STIS

Hubble's Multi-Year Search for Exospheres in the TRAPPIST-1 System Reveals Frequent Microflares

2025, David Berardo, Julien de Wit et al.

Lya is not very constrained due to the effect of microflares in the out-of-transit baseline, transit depth <20% at 5σ

Dayside Temperature (occultation): 500 K

JWST-MIRI

Combined analysis of the 12.8 and 15 $μm$ JWST/MIRI eclipse observations of TRAPPIST-1 b

2024, Elsa Ducrot, Pierre-Olivier Lagage et al.

Data consistent with an airless planet model or a thick, pure-CO2 atmosphere with photochemical hazes.

Featureless spectra: Detection

JWST-NIRISS

Atmospheric Reconnaissance of TRAPPIST-1 b with JWST/NIRISS: Evidence for Strong Stellar Contamination in the Transmission Spectra

2023, Olivia Lim, Björn Benneke et al.

Strong detection of stellar activity contamination

CO2: No detection

Dayside Temperature (occultation): 503 K

JWST-MIRI

Thermal emission from the Earth-sized exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b using JWST

2023, Thomas P. Greene, Taylor J. Bell et al.

Little or no planetary atmosphere redistributing radiation from the host star

He: No detection

G-B: High resolution IR

Non-detection of Helium in the upper atmospheres of TRAPPIST-1b, e and f

2021, Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy, Teruyuki Hirano et al.