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by eurorusty
Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:55 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Seven Worlds for TRAPPIST-1 (2017 Feb 23)
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Re: APOD: Seven Worlds for TRAPPIST-1 (2017 Feb 23)

With such a tight packing, I would guess tidal forces would be significant. I think we could expect one or more planets to exhibit global volcanism like Io does in the Jovian system. Will see if I can write a simulator to confirm what the forces will be!