Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 light years from Earth

Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by callumprentice on Thursday February 23, 2017 @02:11AM (#13712223)

A few months ago, I made a simple WebGL app to compare the sizes of our sun and the planets for my 5 year old daughter who was curious. I updated it today to include the TRAPPIST system and see how it compares to our own solar system.

http://callumprentice.github.io/apps/celestial_bodies/index....

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by callumprentice on Friday February 24, 2017 @02:27AM (#13721749)

Thanks for the nice feedback everyone. I had some time tonight after work and made an improved version with better selection UI and allows for multiple bodies at once: http://callumprentice.github.io/apps/celestial_bodies/index....

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by Raphmedia on Thursday February 23, 2017 @09:10AM (#13713942)

I love it! The fact that you made it for your daughter is even better!

Comparing our sun with Trappist's star is really interesting. Try to compare it with Jupiter. They are almost exactly the same.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by Snoddas on Thursday February 23, 2017 @02:36AM (#13712311)

Very informative. Nicely done.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by lukaszjb on Thursday February 23, 2017 @07:49AM (#13713441)

Nice done! I didn't know that earth is so small compared to sun.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by cmstoken on Thursday February 23, 2017 @02:43AM (#13712337)

Really nice work. Bookmarked!

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