ExoAtmospheres
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TRAPPIST-1 c

Planet status Confirmed
Planet type Temperate Earth-size
Period 2.4218233 d
Mass 0.0043 MJ 1.36654 M⊕
Radius 0.0942 RJ 1.05504 R⊕
Semi major axis 0.01521 AU
Star name TRAPPIST-1
Star distance 12.1 pc
Star teff 2560 K
Star radius 0.117 R☉
Temperature (calculated) 341 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): 369 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

Featureless spectra: Detection

JWST-NIRSpec

Stellar Contamination Correction Using Back-to-Back Transits of TRAPPIST-1 b and c

2024, Alexander D. Rathcke, Lars A. Buchhave et al.

This method enables epoch-specific stellar contamination corrections

Featureless spectra: Detection

JWST-NIRISS

Promise and Peril: Stellar Contamination and Strict Limits on the Atmosphere Composition of TRAPPIST-1c from JWST NIRISS Transmission Spectra

2024, Michael Radica, Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb et al.

Limits on the posible atmospheric compositions

Phase curve: Yes Dayside Temperature (occultation): 380 K

JWST-MIRI

No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c

2023, Zieba, Sebastian, Kreidberg, Laura et al.