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4mo ago

Why the 7 worlds of TRAPPIST-1 waltz in peculiar patterns

www.space.com Why the 7 worlds of TRAPPIST-1 waltz in peculiar patterns

The stability of the TRAPPIST-1 system is the result of a more unstable past.

Why the 7 worlds of TRAPPIST-1 waltz in peculiar patterns

Don't recall TRAPPIST-1 mentioned in any news but seems much effort has gone into studying this fly-speck.

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Anton Petrov has done a bunch of videos about TRAPPIST-1. PBS Spacetime has too. Both are on youtube if you want to learn more about the system.
- Link: https://youtu.be/h871oE5QkTU?si=STZITt2HE3zAYJrn
  
  Here is your link without tracking:
  https://youtu.be/h871oE5QkTU

Key point :
"Some planetary systems manage to keep their resonance patterns, and TRAPPIST-1 is one of those systems."