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A comment on James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST-1 planet.

Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by rburkej on Monday October 02, 2023 @11:25AM (#37739356)
NGL, my first thought was a planet full of beer and cheese.
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by mrec on Monday October 02, 2023 @11:30AM (#37739411)
And nobody talking. Heaven.
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by stronglikedan on Monday October 02, 2023 @02:07PM (#37742089)
The combination of beer and nobody talking doesn't exist.
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by baud147258 on Monday October 02, 2023 @02:41PM (#37742567)
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by marmakoide on Monday October 02, 2023 @02:32PM (#37742445)
Naturally occurring lakes of algae tasting like wheat and similar sugar content, and metabolized by fermentation from micro organism.
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by MichaelMoser123 on Monday October 02, 2023 @02:37PM (#37742509)
... imagine all that beer at the pub, and no one is joining in...
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by wlesieutre on Monday October 02, 2023 @02:42PM (#37742577)
If anyone's curious, the name comes from planets around the star having been discovered using the TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST

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Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by none_to_remain on Monday October 02, 2023 @06:08PM (#37745126)
The name comes from Trappist beer. Belgian university
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST... by wlesieutre on Monday October 02, 2023 @08:52PM (#37746551)
The telescope's name comes from that, then the star's name from the telescope

See also: SPECULOOS (Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECULOOS

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