Ah the chat is closed. Thanks for those of you that made it to the premiere! I don't know if I'll do it again, as Premieres seem to have irked a few people, but maybe I'll consider a livestream in the future as a Q&A after a video. All the best! Merry Christmas!
That's human nature in live chats. There are people whom are always negative no matter the circumstances. Don't allow thus to prevent live chat if you really want to do it.
Fun fact, the guy who discovered is was Belgian and named it trappist. A trappist is a heavy beer made in monasteries by monks. He basically named one of the few potential life harbouring solar system after beer and I think that's beautiful
If and when we master interstellar travel, I've got a feeling that the Trappist system is going to be one of the first exploration destinations outside our solar system and one of the first colonization targets too! Given that those planets are thought to be fairly habitable and Earth like in many ways, including gravity! Unlike the super-earths of many other solar systems, the gravity of any of these planets wouldn't be too strong for Earthlings!
That "steam world" would be interesting. If humans can live in comfort at our poles they could probably do it there, too. And clean water would be no problem!
And yet, if we achieve interstellar travel, we might also have technology to allow the creation of artificial worlds such that we abstain from colonising natural worlds - we might leave them as "national parks"
Perhaps one of the first colonization targets - unless of course they are already inhabited by some alien civilization or humanoid(s) who might be capable of developing a civilization at some point in the future. Whatever life is there would need to be respected and cherished. Something that so far we haven't been able to do with our fellow life forms and even fellow human beings here on Earth. We need to get the antiquated concept of colonization we have out of our heads. Everywhere people have gone in the spirit of colonialism, they have left behind a wake of genocide, economic exploitation and environmental devastation. It hasn't worked out too well here. Without a drastic paradigm shift in our values, it work out well anywhere else either.
8:54 if this is the case, this could be a second home. Time dilation really starts to kick in at 0.85c velocity, meaning you could possibly get there in 30 years relative to the space ship after the mission started.
The technology and infrastructure to reliably reach 0.85 C and decelerate from that speed are probably hundreds of years off. Any interstellar mission within this century will likely be to one of the closest stars and would take a very long time.
@@brandonporter6223 You are correct, that is unless scientist start putting slipgate/ slipspace like idea's into practice to find a possible method of reliable space travel.
Such an interesting solar system. It's been a significant area of interest for myself and my daughter. She is constantly bombarding me with questions about the Trappist-1 system and especially the Proxima Centauri system and related exoplanets. She is the one that pointed out your channel to me, and I've never regretted subscribing to your channel. Excellent subject matter, and outstanding research on your chosen content Alex. Keep up your good work.
Luther Mcgee she is definitely much better at the mathematics and orbital mechanics than I am. She wants to know how it all works and how all those forces and influences react with each other. I can safely admit that she is worlds of intelligence apart from me. I can see her shaking hands with some alien in her future.
Mike D according to NASA the only planetary system called Solar system is ours . Because our star’s name is Sol. The one in the video is called Trappist-1 system.
@@fathimakader6480 It has been delayed a few times due to the complexity of the build however 2021 is the current scheduled year of the planned launch. For details see jwst.nasa.gov/recentaccomplish.html
Welcome everyone! This is a little experiment to test out UA-cam's new Premiere feature. I look forward to watching the video with you tomorrow and answering any questions you have after!
A most interesting system, to be sure! My question is this- is there any indication what the eventual fate of our own sun will be? Has anyone in the field formed a theory about whether it will go supernova, or become a dwarf sun? And if the latter, would it then be possible for our own solar system to become one such as Trappist 1? Regarding the Premiere feature, it makes no difference whatsoever to me. It doesn't change the content, which as always, is excellent.
@@adventureswithdogs2251 We're almost 100% sure the sun will become a red giant.... twice... and then puff out its outer layers to reveal a white dwarf. White dwarfs, however, cool off in maybe 15 billion years if not reheated (as opposed to trillions of years for red dwarfs to stay on the main sequence).
Wonderful! I especially appreciate and think it imperative that all the stunning graphics continue to display "Illustration" or "Artist's Concept" tags so that factual accuracy is preserved.
So the Trappist system has tidally locked exo-Venuses, exo-Earths and exo-steam and ice worlds. That’s an interesting variety of planets! Atmospheres could evenly distribute heat and magnetospheres could potentially protect against red dwarf mega solar flares. Does the twilight zone offer any protection from solar flares since it doesn’t directly face Trappist-a?
Once Webb is set up this system needs to be one of the first places they point it towards. Let’s hope it’s visible to the telescope at its soon to be orbit at the Lagrange point.
@Anonymer Nutzer those ALIENS are literally on TRAPPIST-1 and not on EARTH, it would be unlikely for them to be more of a dystopia than us, but who knows
Very good video. Exoplanet systems have always fascinated me, and Trappist is no exception. Actually trying to world-build a Trappist colony for a story so this info really helps. Although I must say, it's pretty clear some of these illustrations are just gameplay footage from Universal Sandbox 2. Not a bad thing, just a noticeable thing.
What I realise after watching these videos the pertain to the topics in the grand scale of things is that I know nothing, nothing at all relatively. What worries me is there are so many people on Earth who don't even know what little I know about everyday interactions with objects/matter in general. They are obsessed about things just to ensure their survival. I just want to live long enough to see these people's conditions elevated so that maybe we have more people who can come up with ideas and such for studies that involve such scale.
ChillTyme Great point, although sometimes I wonder if that’s even possible. You could argue it either way, on one hand the global advances in QoL we have made as a species over the last few centuries have been pretty pronounced, but on the other hand since human anatomy really hasn’t changed outside of our bodies getting bigger and our brains actually getting slightly smaller, it’s hard to imagine us ever getting over our ape-ish tribalism, at least to the extent that we’re working together as one species for bigger goals as opposed to fighting over resources and bad feelings. We’ll probably be long-gone by the time there’s an answer to that question though.
Thank you for making so many fascinating videos about our universe. Always entertaining and informative. Looking forward to what wonders the future of astronomy holds!
This is a good and interesting channel, definitely worth watching these videos! Please continue with this good content, unlike some channels that get famous and greedy quickly.
Great video, I'm hyped to see what Webb discovers about this system and its planets! The resolution of the huge mirror, the range of wavelengths, the multiple instuments including spectographs... we're going to find out so much!
I came to the comments to ask the same question! Check out the most recent episodes of Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur. He addressed this very question, though the conclusions he arrived at might not apply to a system with orbits as tight as Trappist.
better than totally locked not only you have day and night, but also it maybe help into convection deep in the mantle, helping the production of a msgnetic field
Your comment at the end re: the JWT really hit home with me. I share your anxiety and anticipation for the safe and successful deployment. Keep up the good work.
This video is absolutely amazing for the information! Too bad we can't get there in about 50 to 100 yrs! I'd love to know more about Trappist D & E. Amazing, to me, to think/know that those planets are there.
Given our planets are named after Roman gods, why not name the Trappist system after their Greek equivalents so 1b would be Hermes (Mercury), 1c Aphrodite (Venus), 1d Ares (Mars), 1e Zeus (Jupiter), 1f Kronos (Saturn), 1g Caelus (the Roman equivalent of Greek Uranus) and 1h Poseidon (Neptune)
Try to imagine having 2 planets pouring with life on the same system, and evolve and even get sentient life ''together''. What history that world would have, having their first contact and getting answers much faster than us.
It would be interesting if there are multiple civilisations in this system, that can just visit each other on the other planets as they are so close to each other. On tidally locked planets, there would probably be a hot dry desert in the center of the day side, glaciers on the night side and a temperate habitable ring between the day and night side where life and liquid water is mostly concentrated. The plants would all face the star which is always in the same place in the sky. Even the shadows would always be in the same place. And for alien civilisations it would be a completely foreign concept to see a planet like earth that has a fast rotation, day and night cycle and seasons.
Great video. I watched it several times and posted it on Twitter and google Plus for you. Anything new on this system make sure you make another video. Thanks again.
I really appreciate that you don't speak in absolutes like many academics (exp: This planet can *not* support life.) For me, that is the height of human arrogance & ego. Many forget that science is still quite new for our species & our understanding of the nature of our universe is rapidly evolving & changing. Consider me subscribed 🌠🚀
Love coming across this video after the Webb is in its orbit and being aligned. Can't wait to see the pictures the Webb brings from the Trappist System
This sounds like such an exotic and amazing Solar System. Imagine a Solar System with all the planet that close to their star. I really REALLY hope that they use the JWST to not only look for planet 9(I still consider Pluto a planet when running the logic of it's average orbital distance from the Sun and it's average distance from it's neighbor relative to the SS average) but to also examine this system. It also need to look closely at the Proxima system.
Some of these planets are so close to each other that, if you built cities with electricity on one planet, the planets near it would actually be able to see the lights.
@@Sebastianmaz615 it is highly improbable for these planets to have moons as they are tidally locked and in a Laplace resonance,a type of orbital resonance where each worlds period around a central body is an integer ratio of two or more other worlds in their given star system. This set of stable resonances prevents the planets from approaching each other i.e. keeping them on different side of the star from their neighboring planets. This is important as if any of these adjacent planets were to approach each other their Hill spheres or zone of gravitational dominance would overlap leading to them getting pull out of orbit either getting ejected from the star system or colliding with another planet or TRAPIST1 itself. Additionally since these planets are in the tidal locking zone the star would have ripped away any moons they may have once had via tidal friction.
great video Alex, as always.....probably the best explanation I have heard about this system......keep 'em coming!!!!....Merry Christmas to you and yours
Personally, for me this is helpful! I get busy and forget, so it’ll work as an extra reminder for me. I don’t understand the hate it gets. (: Love your videos. 🌎♥️ Edit: However, I recommend you do it an hour or two before you premier it. ☺️
As soon as I saw the name "Trappist" I thought: Could it be? And surely, the system was discovered by a group of Belgian scientists, who named it after a type of Belgian beer/ale :')
@@ReddoFreddo He is wrong The Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) is the corporate name for a pair of Belgian optic robotic telescopes.
I like watching stars at night, that was it. but I stumbled across a video rendering the "sounds" of the planets. It leader to your video about Saturn, then every other videos of this series. I love them. Subscribed!
*Scientists: Have a huge difficulty detecting exoplanets, due to their size and no light emission * *Also scientists: E.T.'s living 265 million of ly from us can see the dinosaurs roaming the Earth*
@@Horologica I know jokes miss thang, but you see, yours was more of a jab at human males in general trying to make it seem like we are not good enough for you. But what you're forgetting is that it's a two way street.
I have all of my fingers, toes, arms and legs crossed for JWST to launch with no problems. I can cross my hair too, I guess. Hey! I'll braid it! Great video!
" 09:38: This is known as a steam world, and it would probably be no more habitable than the gas or ice giants of our solar system due to the high pressure and temperature on the surface, likely in the hundreds of degrees Celsius. " Habitable? I have to agree. But it may still be a candidate for life. Maybe the only thing that life really needs is that the atmosphere of the planet creates conditions such that complex molecules (DNA-like) could form & remain stable. Higher temperatures makes molecules less table (more energy in the system), but higher pressure tends to make molecules more stable... maybe they would balance out. We could see earth's atmosphere as being some combination of temperature/pressure. Perhaps different combinations (and not just some continuous range centered on our specific position on those axis) are also hospitable to life.
There are many ASSUMPTIONS we make based on life (intelligent or not). The biggest of all is that if life exists out there (another assumption) then our form of life is the normal.
4:00 The first planet is slightly more massive than earth but has a bit less surface gravity. How does that work? I thought more mass meant more gravity?
chanctonbury63 I was just confused as to how a body can have the same mass but quite a bit less surface gravity. But I guess that has to do with it being larger in dimension according the other commenter above
It would work if the planet is less dense, giving it more volume and making you farther from its centre. That's why Jupiter's gravity, though much stronger than Earth's, is relatively weak considering its enormous mass.
I remember Sophomore Year of High School, my English class required us to write an expository essay researching something we were passionate about and a narrative essay about the subject matter. I did an essay on TRAPPIST-1 system and it followed a courier who delivered packages between the planets. I named every planet in accordance to their alphabetical names. The protagonist's home world was 1-g, named Gethsemane, and it took place on 1-e, named Eden. Yeah I decided to be a bit heavy handed with thr Biblical references
Ah the chat is closed. Thanks for those of you that made it to the premiere! I don't know if I'll do it again, as Premieres seem to have irked a few people, but maybe I'll consider a livestream in the future as a Q&A after a video. All the best! Merry Christmas!
Thanks again for the great content! Have a relaxing holiday 🙂
I hope those comments didn’t bother you too much. (: I’m sure there were other viewers who appreciated it. Thank you for the great content. ❤️
That's human nature in live chats. There are people whom are always negative no matter the circumstances. Don't allow thus to prevent live chat if you really want to do it.
Merry Christmas
Happy holidays to you and yours and thanks for another interesting video. Gave me something to watch while on my vacation! 😊
Fun fact, the guy who discovered is was Belgian and named it trappist. A trappist is a heavy beer made in monasteries by monks. He basically named one of the few potential life harbouring solar system after beer and I think that's beautiful
And bloody good beer it is, too :)
Lord Vader.
@@idcgaming518 *Daddy Vader
as long as the beer is good, i'm completely fine with it
@@hamhasmech5893 Yeah, immagine it was called Coors Light...
Imagine aliens on Trappist 1e watching videos about our solar system and them theorizing about alien life on Earth
I doubt they have videos but good theory
@@dudoiio yeh its the videos were worried about lol
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I have the same thoughts exactly. I imagine they'd also send a probe straight to us too... xD
Having planets so close together would be good for developing space traveling civilizations
Imagine the moon was like earth but smaller and has life. Would be amazing
kinda confused how they dont disrupt each others orbits but still its a cool system
@@unknown-ob4yn the gravity of the star is stronger than the gravity of the planets
@@MidWock no like those planets orbit really close
@@unknown-ob4yn they are all in an orbital resonance which is a good way to have a stable orbit
I appreciate how he says "habitability as we know it." There's no telling how life could evolve outside our tiny bubble.
Ive always said this whenever I haer this or that planet isnt habitable. Like how do you know its not...
If and when we master interstellar travel, I've got a feeling that the Trappist system is going to be one of the first exploration destinations outside our solar system and one of the first colonization targets too! Given that those planets are thought to be fairly habitable and Earth like in many ways, including gravity! Unlike the super-earths of many other solar systems, the gravity of any of these planets wouldn't be too strong for Earthlings!
To me, that's what makes this system so exciting 😁
That "steam world" would be interesting. If humans can live in comfort at our poles they could probably do it there, too. And clean water would be no problem!
And yet, if we achieve interstellar travel, we might also have technology to allow the creation of artificial worlds such that we abstain from colonising natural worlds - we might leave them as "national parks"
Perhaps one of the first colonization targets - unless of course they are already inhabited by some alien civilization or humanoid(s) who might be capable of developing a civilization at some point in the future. Whatever life is there would need to be respected and cherished. Something that so far we haven't been able to do with our fellow life forms and even fellow human beings here on Earth. We need to get the antiquated concept of colonization we have out of our heads. Everywhere people have gone in the spirit of colonialism, they have left behind a wake of genocide, economic exploitation and environmental devastation. It hasn't worked out too well here. Without a drastic paradigm shift in our values, it work out well anywhere else either.
WON'T work out.
Being cool makes you live longer. Got it.
Those low-metabolic stars! Apparently it's the same for people. On average smaller people and those with lower metabolisms live the longest.
@@jamesandriulaitis7897 yea! and the longest living animals are ocean creatures that age slowly because they aren't as active!
If youve seen verbitasium's video you would know this is true for ppl as well!
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11:38 oh god earth watch out
Oh no no no no
LMFGAO
ohhh f¥•£ that im outta here
69 likes. Guess well have to leave it right there
oh yes earth has air pods in earth can't hear my children
The fact that he sounds very genuinely happy about this discovery just proves how much of a astronomy enthusiast he is. Keep up the good work man 👍
If the James Webb Telescope blows up on launch, I am going to live in a cave
Flappy Paddle got space for two in your cave?
Geoege Hogg make room for me and I'll bring bisciuts
@@TheMan-WithNoName I'll bring candy
@@aljon5947
That went too far
HAHA YOU MADE ME HAPPY AGAIN 2020 IS SO CLOSE!!!!
8:54 if this is the case, this could be a second home. Time dilation really starts to kick in at 0.85c velocity, meaning you could possibly get there in 30 years relative to the space ship after the mission started.
For our body practically a few months if we have hibernating technology
The technology and infrastructure to reliably reach 0.85 C and decelerate from that speed are probably hundreds of years off. Any interstellar mission within this century will likely be to one of the closest stars and would take a very long time.
@@brandonporter6223 You are correct, that is unless scientist start putting slipgate/ slipspace like idea's into practice to find a possible method of reliable space travel.
L Mul I’m thinking Alcubierre drives
@@Mgl1206 Relatively conventional nuclear rockets are a lot more likely, so are solar sails.
The James Webb is going to be wonderful! Prepare to be amazed!
we have been saying that for last 50 years.
Too bad humanity will go extinct before it actually gets launched
Wow. Islamic pessimism?
I'm very excited about it
@@عمرحليله-خ7ع
when it's 2021:
Date pushed back to 2090
Imagine having a new years party every other day
Maybe their version of new year is every 20 or 50 orbit around the sun
Not to mention an endless day, with the best real estate being the twilight zone!
That would kill me
They do that here on Earth. AKA "crack addicts".
@@jamesandriulaitis7897 And you get to live to be thousands of years old!
The more of your videos I see the more I marvel at just - how - much we can learn from looking at little specks of light...
we do pretty good considering we can't go anywhere
The perfect way to start my day. Beautiful interstellar scenery, and true scientific intellect. A job very well done as always Astrum!
Such an interesting solar system. It's been a significant area of interest for myself and my daughter. She is constantly bombarding me with questions about the Trappist-1 system and especially the Proxima Centauri system and related exoplanets. She is the one that pointed out your channel to me, and I've never regretted subscribing to your channel. Excellent subject matter, and outstanding research on your chosen content Alex. Keep up your good work.
Keep encouraging to pursue science!
Mike D , sounds like your daughter is a genius. She'll probably be the next iconic astrophysicist.
Luther Mcgee she is definitely much better at the mathematics and orbital mechanics than I am. She wants to know how it all works and how all those forces and influences react with each other. I can safely admit that she is worlds of intelligence apart from me. I can see her shaking hands with some alien in her future.
Mike D , fantastic.
Mike D according to NASA the only planetary system called Solar system is ours . Because our star’s name is Sol. The one in the video is called Trappist-1 system.
1:20 "Being so cool means they are very long-lived."
Astronomy works in the opposite way to rock music.
Clever remark.
Keith Richards being a notable exception, of course. Even Ozzy, come to think of it.
@@jamesandriulaitis7897 I think if you survive long enough, all the drugs and booze causes a kind of living mummification.
The James Webb telescope is so exciting!!! I hope all goes well with its launch and remote setup! Cannot Wait!!
When does it launch?
@@fathimakader6480 It has been delayed a few times due to the complexity of the build however 2021 is the current scheduled year of the planned launch. For details see jwst.nasa.gov/recentaccomplish.html
@@fathimakader6480 As of now, it's looking like the expected launch date will be in the year 4035.
@@conanthedestroyer7123 i hope its not delayed again until i died 😂😂
Same here. Can't wait.
Welcome everyone! This is a little experiment to test out UA-cam's new Premiere feature. I look forward to watching the video with you tomorrow and answering any questions you have after!
A most interesting system, to be sure! My question is this- is there any indication what the eventual fate of our own sun will be? Has anyone in the field formed a theory about whether it will go supernova, or become a dwarf sun? And if the latter, would it then be possible for our own solar system to become one such as Trappist 1?
Regarding the Premiere feature, it makes no difference whatsoever to me. It doesn't change the content, which as always, is excellent.
@G G you were right! Thanks for the heads up!
@@adventureswithdogs2251 We're almost 100% sure the sun will become a red giant.... twice... and then puff out its outer layers to reveal a white dwarf. White dwarfs, however, cool off in maybe 15 billion years if not reheated (as opposed to trillions of years for red dwarfs to stay on the main sequence).
Wonderful! I especially appreciate and think it imperative that all the stunning graphics continue to display "Illustration" or "Artist's Concept" tags so that factual accuracy is preserved.
"Ultra-cool Red Dwarf star"
Oh comon now, you'll hurt Sol's feelings!
watch yo fuckin mouth
So the Trappist system has tidally locked exo-Venuses, exo-Earths and exo-steam and ice worlds. That’s an interesting variety of planets!
Atmospheres could evenly distribute heat and magnetospheres could potentially protect against red dwarf mega solar flares.
Does the twilight zone offer any protection from solar flares since it doesn’t directly face Trappist-a?
Once Webb is set up this system needs to be one of the first places they point it towards.
Let’s hope it’s visible to the telescope at its soon to be orbit at the Lagrange point.
They are currently looking at it right now! Maybe we will find out if life exists outside of Earth.
Imagine different alien species traveling within their trappist system and visiting each other ☺️
Star Wars vibes lol
It’s those annoying steampunks from their steam world.🤣
@Anonymer Nutzer and how do you know?
@Anonymer Nutzer those ALIENS are literally on TRAPPIST-1 and not on EARTH, it would be unlikely for them to be more of a dystopia than us, but who knows
@Anonymer Nutzer i mean if theyre advanced enough to be a space faring species they probably know better
this seems like a engineered system, different environments set up to attract alien spices
My favorite spice is cinnamon. 😂
@@TheCarnivalguy mm gotta love dem alien spices lol
Who knows what types of spices we would find on exoplanets? So interesting
They lure in the various aliens to make spices out of them, creating the universe's boldest chili.
@@TheCarnivalguy white girl aliens
"There's just something strange about this system"
Trappist 1: "Nyah~ :3 "
"Hmmmmmmm"
Lmao stop
owo whats this
nyehehehe.. Trappist..
you sick bastard
OH HELL NO
Very good video. Exoplanet systems have always fascinated me, and Trappist is no exception. Actually trying to world-build a Trappist colony for a story so this info really helps.
Although I must say, it's pretty clear some of these illustrations are just gameplay footage from Universal Sandbox 2. Not a bad thing, just a noticeable thing.
Excellent, as usual!! Merry Christmas, Alex! 🎄🌟
7:37 "Although other studies have suggested the atmosphere could also be similar to Venus" **shows image of titan**
One of the best things I've seen on UA-cam. Keep up the beautiful work!
I’ve only just discovered your channel and I’ve already watched about 10 videos. Each one is really well made and you’re doing a lovely job!
What I realise after watching these videos the pertain to the topics in the grand scale of things is that I know nothing, nothing at all relatively. What worries me is there are so many people on Earth who don't even know what little I know about everyday interactions with objects/matter in general. They are obsessed about things just to ensure their survival. I just want to live long enough to see these people's conditions elevated so that maybe we have more people who can come up with ideas and such for studies that involve such scale.
ChillTyme Great point, although sometimes I wonder if that’s even possible. You could argue it either way, on one hand the global advances in QoL we have made as a species over the last few centuries have been pretty pronounced, but on the other hand since human anatomy really hasn’t changed outside of our bodies getting bigger and our brains actually getting slightly smaller, it’s hard to imagine us ever getting over our ape-ish tribalism, at least to the extent that we’re working together as one species for bigger goals as opposed to fighting over resources and bad feelings. We’ll probably be long-gone by the time there’s an answer to that question though.
yeah, dude.
Thank you for making so many fascinating videos about our universe. Always entertaining and informative. Looking forward to what wonders the future of astronomy holds!
This guy deserves your subscribe he’s amazing he actually explains stuff in depth keep up the good work
the amount of water in this system is astonishing, humanity has to explore it
Best Astronomy channel on UA-cam - well done Alex!!! Would love a visual/mathematical explanation on how a planet becomes Tidally locked.
This is a good and interesting channel, definitely worth watching these videos!
Please continue with this good content, unlike some channels that get famous and greedy quickly.
Great video, I'm hyped to see what Webb discovers about this system and its planets! The resolution of the huge mirror, the range of wavelengths, the multiple instuments including spectographs... we're going to find out so much!
As a Stellaris player, I just had to click on this.
Nice, can't wait to see it !
Could the planets in the Trappist system be in a 3/2 resonance with their star like Mercury? And if so, how would that effect the chances for life?
I came to the comments to ask the same question! Check out the most recent episodes of Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur. He addressed this very question, though the conclusions he arrived at might not apply to a system with orbits as tight as Trappist.
I though YMS stars were most common after red dwarves, not the rarest?
better than totally locked
not only you have day and night, but also it maybe help into convection deep in the mantle, helping the production of a msgnetic field
@Astrum, Great job explaining this awesome and stupendous solar system of Trappist-1. :)
Now that`s what I call a VOICE for a video about Universe !
Thank you ! Subscribed.
Your comment at the end re: the JWT really hit home with me. I share your anxiety and anticipation for the safe and successful deployment. Keep up the good work.
Just found you. Having a wonderful time exploring space thru your videos! Thank you soooooo much!! Oh, and Merry Christmas!
I have absolutely no problem with the premier concept, I just either hit the remind icon or watch later, no biggie 🤓 Thanx for the Trappist tour
This video is absolutely amazing for the information! Too bad we can't get there in about 50 to 100 yrs! I'd love to know more about Trappist D & E. Amazing, to me, to think/know that those planets are there.
With JW we should be able to at least see them. I guess that'll have to do for everyone presently alive.
Thanks!
I think we should actually name this system and it's planets. It's such an important discovery.
More deserving of names than the dead planets around us
Heheheheheh THE TWIX WAY
The system is literally named Trappist-1
I call first dibs in naming Trappist-1 E
Given our planets are named after Roman gods, why not name the Trappist system after their Greek equivalents so 1b would be Hermes (Mercury), 1c Aphrodite (Venus), 1d Ares (Mars), 1e Zeus (Jupiter), 1f Kronos (Saturn), 1g Caelus (the Roman equivalent of Greek Uranus) and 1h Poseidon (Neptune)
Try to imagine having 2 planets pouring with life on the same system, and evolve and even get sentient life ''together''. What history that world would have, having their first contact and getting answers much faster than us.
It would be interesting if there are multiple civilisations in this system, that can just visit each other on the other planets as they are so close to each other. On tidally locked planets, there would probably be a hot dry desert in the center of the day side, glaciers on the night side and a temperate habitable ring between the day and night side where life and liquid water is mostly concentrated. The plants would all face the star which is always in the same place in the sky. Even the shadows would always be in the same place. And for alien civilisations it would be a completely foreign concept to see a planet like earth that has a fast rotation, day and night cycle and seasons.
Great vid. You narrate extremely well!
One thing to say : *It's a trap*
lol
Send no response
Coulda been worse if the system was the T'rapist system.
And if one planet's an ocean world....and Admiral Akbar's a Mon Calamari.....
@@MrAlwaysRight ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Brilliant video, mate. Thanks.
11:34 why did that remind me of that image with the white girl and a bunch of big black guys behind her you know the one
me too
we humans have such a dirty brain that I love it
Vagina
Earth is mostly white dudes
@@jonathansauceda589 China and India says otherwise
Great video. I watched it several times and posted it on Twitter and google Plus for you. Anything new on this system make sure you make another video. Thanks again.
I really appreciate that you don't speak in absolutes like many academics (exp: This planet can *not* support life.) For me, that is the height of human arrogance & ego. Many forget that science is still quite new for our species & our understanding of the nature of our universe is rapidly evolving & changing. Consider me subscribed 🌠🚀
Love coming across this video after the Webb is in its orbit and being aligned. Can't wait to see the pictures the Webb brings from the Trappist System
Congrats on almost 150,000 subs Alex!
This sounds like such an exotic and amazing Solar System. Imagine a Solar System with all the planet that close to their star. I really REALLY hope that they use the JWST to not only look for planet 9(I still consider Pluto a planet when running the logic of it's average orbital distance from the Sun and it's average distance from it's neighbor relative to the SS average) but to also examine this system. It also need to look closely at the Proxima system.
The sky on these planets must be a sight to behold. Even more impressive if we find our that some of these planets have moons.
Some of these planets are so close to each other that, if you built cities with electricity on one planet, the planets near it would actually be able to see the lights.
I would love to see a simulation of what we would see if we were standing on them
The whole time I'm watching this video I never even thought about moons! Good observation. Can't believe "moons" never once crossed my mind.
@@Sebastianmaz615 it is highly improbable for these planets to have moons as they are tidally locked and in a Laplace resonance,a type of orbital resonance where each worlds period around a central body is an integer ratio of two or more other worlds in their given star system. This set of stable resonances prevents the planets from approaching each other i.e. keeping them on different side of the star from their neighboring planets. This is important as if any of these adjacent planets were to approach each other their Hill spheres or zone of gravitational dominance would overlap leading to them getting pull out of orbit either getting ejected from the star system or colliding with another planet or TRAPIST1 itself. Additionally since these planets are in the tidal locking zone the star would have ripped away any moons they may have once had via tidal friction.
great video Alex, as always.....probably the best explanation I have heard about this system......keep 'em coming!!!!....Merry Christmas to you and yours
I just hope that we can get our first colored picture of an exoplanet before I die.
I love the way he explains the planets. I want to see him do a outside perspective on Earth
0:34 James Webb
Coming: 6.4356*10^22 C.E
Thank's for the fantastic video!
Personally, for me this is helpful! I get busy and forget, so it’ll work as an extra reminder for me. I don’t understand the hate it gets. (: Love your videos. 🌎♥️
Edit: However, I recommend you do it an hour or two before you premier it. ☺️
Fantastic content as always!
As soon as I saw the name "Trappist" I thought: Could it be? And surely, the system was discovered by a group of Belgian scientists, who named it after a type of Belgian beer/ale :')
Try named by the same guys brewing the beer....
@@allangibson8494 I'm pretty sure they drank a Trappist beer to celebrate the new discovery and named it after that
ReddoFreddo Possibly- given the astronomers who found it were Trappist monks.
@@allangibson8494 Source?
@@ReddoFreddo He is wrong The Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) is the corporate name for a pair of Belgian optic robotic telescopes.
Dude I love your channel just found it today!!!👏
Amazing! Thank you
Superb content my friend :) Trappist-1 is very interesting...
Oh man I can’t wait!!
I like watching stars at night, that was it. but I stumbled across a video rendering the "sounds" of the planets. It leader to your video about Saturn, then every other videos of this series. I love them. Subscribed!
wish i could be around to see the boys making there way to trappist system
Thanks, and happy holidays! :)
*Scientists: Have a huge difficulty detecting exoplanets, due to their size and no light emission
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*Also scientists: E.T.'s living 265 million of ly from us can see the dinosaurs roaming the Earth*
over a period of like 10 months i have watched well over 50 space related videos and i barely learn anything but they are still super interesting haha
I thought the closest system with life potential was, Proxima Centauri. But nice video.
It is
The Alpha Centauri system is 4 light years away but the trappist-1 system is about 39-40 light years away from us
I personally don’t think the proxima system has any life. Just two uninhabitable rock planets, kinda like Mars.
@@Us3r739 same.
“We won’t be visiting it any time soon” 😂😂😂 Master of understatement.
Cant wait for the James Webb images
I bet my soulmate is on one of those planets
@@Horologica Really? So humans on Earth aren't good enough for you? Have you even tried? Give me a break....
@@VerisimilitudeDude it's called a joke, look it up.
@@Horologica I know jokes miss thang, but you see, yours was more of a jab at human males in general trying to make it seem like we are not good enough for you. But what you're forgetting is that it's a two way street.
@@Horologica I enjoyed your humor 🙂
I'm so hyped for the JWST!
I really hope it will finally be launched this year
I have all of my fingers, toes, arms and legs crossed for JWST to launch with no problems. I can cross my hair too, I guess. Hey! I'll braid it! Great video!
....What's there ?
1d : Thin , dry atmosphere , arid "Barsoom" frontside , cold-arctic backside .
1e : Shallow , arctic-ocean frontside , giant "Greenland" backside .
1f : Deep water-world , obscure at present .
1g : Shallower water-world , constant "Denali-waves" .
1h : Giant Europa , small core , deep ocean .
D.H.
This video makes me want to play mass effect 2.
I love anything and everything that has to do with space and planets.....This is so amazing!!!
2021 here, still no sign of launching webb telescope, they recently tried saving hubble
Why "no sign"? It is known for quite some time now that James Webb telescope is scheduled to be launched at the end of 2021.
" 09:38: This is known as a steam world, and it would probably be no more habitable than the gas or ice giants of our solar system due to the high pressure and temperature on the surface, likely in the hundreds of degrees Celsius. "
Habitable? I have to agree.
But it may still be a candidate for life. Maybe the only thing that life really needs is that the atmosphere of the planet creates conditions such that complex molecules (DNA-like) could form & remain stable. Higher temperatures makes molecules less table (more energy in the system), but higher pressure tends to make molecules more stable... maybe they would balance out.
We could see earth's atmosphere as being some combination of temperature/pressure. Perhaps different combinations (and not just some continuous range centered on our specific position on those axis) are also hospitable to life.
Awesome. I love this fantastic channel, Astrum. You are an outstanding individual, Alex!
There are many ASSUMPTIONS we make based on life (intelligent or not). The biggest of all is that if life exists out there (another assumption) then our form of life is the normal.
40 light years away? This system could be gone by now and we wouldn't even know about it yet.... 😏 good video.
40 light years is nothing for a star system.
Some of the stuff that's millions of light years away tho could be long gone.
@@WithDreday He means something could've happened in the 1980s and we wouldn't know it yet since the photons haven't arrived here yet.
@@WithDreday though I doubt it will disappear anytime soon
@@WithDreday *black hole swallows up star*
@@vapeymcvape5000 just like every other thing in space which is not located in our solar system, 40 light years is very, very, VERY close distance
Happy Holidays to you and yours and to your viewers, too.
Pup314 , Happy Holidays!
@@luthermcgee3756 TY :)
11:39 reminds me of Dead Space
I liked it. Good job Astrum
great vid.
Great video, well done!
4:00
The first planet is slightly more massive than earth but has a bit less surface gravity. How does that work? I thought more mass meant more gravity?
The acceleration due to gravity is given by a = G*M/r^2. If you sub in the appropriate values you get a = G*(1.02*M_Earth)/(1.12*R_Earth)^2 = 0.81g
chanctonbury63 I made a mistake. I meant to say it has the same mass but less surface gravity. And I mean mass. Not dimension
chanctonbury63 I was just confused as to how a body can have the same mass but quite a bit less surface gravity. But I guess that has to do with it being larger in dimension according the other commenter above
It would work if the planet is less dense, giving it more volume and making you farther from its centre. That's why Jupiter's gravity, though much stronger than Earth's, is relatively weak considering its enormous mass.
So basically, Steve Jobs' answer minus the math - no pun intended.
I remember Sophomore Year of High School, my English class required us to write an expository essay researching something we were passionate about and a narrative essay about the subject matter.
I did an essay on TRAPPIST-1 system and it followed a courier who delivered packages between the planets. I named every planet in accordance to their alphabetical names. The protagonist's home world was 1-g, named Gethsemane, and it took place on 1-e, named Eden. Yeah I decided to be a bit heavy handed with thr Biblical references
Imagine meeting an alien from there and telling them we call their system Trappist 1. They would look at us and say, really? We call it Steve.
This is why I am sooo excited about the JWTS!