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
@Trevor Philips You say that like it's common knowledge that all British people smile while talking...Do all British people smile while talking? I honestly don't know but I always thought the Brits were known for being melancholy, and their dark sense of humor, and the Black Plague, and Earl Grey, and Jack the Ripper, and Margret Thatcher, you know like mostly depressing things.
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.
@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
@@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
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.
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.
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?
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)
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
@@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.
Welcome everyone! This is a little experiment to test out RU-vid'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).
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.
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.
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.
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'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!
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
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!
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.
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. ☺️
The James Webb space telescope has been hyped up so much, I think it’s more likely to be a huge disappointment that will only confirm (again) what we already know, and probably won’t uncover much 🤷♂️.
great video Alex, as always.....probably the best explanation I have heard about this system......keep 'em coming!!!!....Merry Christmas to you and yours
*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*
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
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 🌠🚀
Those planets look so close to each other. I wonder how you would see the others from the ground of each one. Would we see clear spheres? When they pass close to each others of course!
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.
"Class M, you say, Mister Spock? Why don't we, investigate, do a little, survey, and, beam down to, look around?" "Fascinating, Captain." * Spock raises eyebrow. *
Seeing as these planets were discovered by transits, how do they assess the makeup of the planets, and/or their atmosphere? How do they know there is water present? I don't doubt it, just want to know the method used to figure it out
