TRAPPIST

TRAPPIST
Part ofLa Silla Observatory
Oukaïmeden Observatory Edit this on Wikidata
Location(s)Coquimbo Region, Chile
Coordinates29°15′17″S 70°44′22″W / 29.2546°S 70.7394°W / -29.2546; -70.7394 Edit this at Wikidata
OrganizationUniversity of Liège Edit this on Wikidata
Observatory code I40 Edit this on Wikidata
Altitude2,400 m (7,900 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
Telescope styleRobotic optical telescope
Websitewww.trappist.uliege.be Edit this at Wikidata
TRAPPIST is located in Chile
TRAPPIST
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The Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) is the corporate name for a pair of Belgian optic robotic telescopes. TRAPPIST–South, which is situated high in the Chilean mountains at ESO's La Silla Observatory, came online in 2010, and TRAPPIST–North situated at the Oukaïmeden Observatory in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, came online in 2016.[1]

  1. ^ "TRAPPIST-1". trappist.one. Retrieved 6 March 2018.