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Sources and visual assumptions

Seven existing, explicitly assigned illustrations cover TRAPPIST-1 b, d, e and f. The system also includes c, g and h; these are not pictured in this edition. Scenes are thematic alternatives, not observed surface maps or a chronology.

The numerical panels reproduce the saved NASA Exoplanet Archive composite snapshot dated 25 September 2026. Uncertainties are retained, including asymmetric radius errors. These planet masses are mass estimates from the cited analysis, not minimum masses labeled M sin i. Each companion preserves the full parameter provenance.

System context was checked against ESO’s discovery account and Agol et al.’s transit-timing analysis. This is not a comprehensive review of current atmospheric results. Equilibrium temperatures and incident fluxes are not measured local surface temperatures. Rotation, sky geometry and exposure are not calibrated in these illustrations.

Oceans, ice landscapes, organisms, weather, aurorae, societies, vessels and conflict are fictional. Day and night labels distinguish artistic settings, not measured rotation cycles. The complete generated hardcover depicts an additional fictional TRAPPIST-1 e shoreline; it is editorial jacket art and is not counted as another registered planetary scene.

The nearest shore of stone

TRAPPIST-1 b · The rock type, airless appearance and stellar exposure are artistic choices, not a measured surface map.

A nursery beneath the dark

TRAPPIST-1 e · Bioluminescence, an auroral ribbon, a dark-side ocean and reproduction are invented; no magnetic field is inferred.

Where the ice opens

TRAPPIST-1 f · Ice, liquid water, geothermal vents and organisms are scene premises; the image does not identify a real heat source.

The warmth they gather around

TRAPPIST-1 f · The spring, luminous frills, sky glow and dark-side climate are fictional; emitted light is not a thermometer.

Wings among the hollow reeds

TRAPPIST-1 d · Forest, atmospheric density, flight mechanics and breeding structures are speculative; purple foliage is not a predicted pigment.

Shelter inside the stem

TRAPPIST-1 d · The nest, organisms, rain and storm are fictional. Their resemblance to familiar animals does not establish ancestry or behavior.

The broken terminator

TRAPPIST-1 e · Civilizations, conflict, vessels and a persistent twilight boundary are invented; sky geometry and apparent sizes are illustrative.