Question: 2. Study Table 6.1, which shows orbital and planetary data for the systems Kepler-62 and Trappist-1. State your overall conclusions about the planets' masses and

 2. Study Table 6.1, which shows orbital and planetary data for
the systems Kepler-62 and Trappist-1. State your overall conclusions about the planets'

2. Study Table 6.1, which shows orbital and planetary data for the systems Kepler-62 and Trappist-1. State your overall conclusions about the planets' masses and radii (both compared to Earth's) for both planetary systems. TABLE 6.1 Orbital and planetary data for the systems Kepler-62 and Trappist-1 ORBITAL PERIOD ORBITAL PERIOD SEMIMAJOR PLANET [EARTH DAYS) (EARTH YEARS) AXIS [AU) MASS [M. RADIUS (R Kepler-62b 5.71 0.02 0.06 2.1 1.34 Kepler-62c 12.44 0.03 0.09 0.1 0.55 Kepler-62d 18.16 0.05 0.12 5.5 1.99 Kepler-62c 122.39 0.34 0.43 4.8 1.64 Kepler-625 267.29 0.73 0.72 2.8 1.44 Trappist-1b 1.51 0,004 0.011 0.86 1.13 Trappist-Ic 2.42 0.007 0.015 1.16 1.10 Trappist-1d 4.05 0,011 0.022 0.30 0,79 Trappist-le 6.10 0.017 0.028 0.77 0.92 Trappist-if 9.21 0.025 0,037 0.93 1.05 Trappist-1g 12 35 0.034 0.045 1.15 1.15 Trappist-1h 18.77 0.055 0.062 0.33 0.78 Data for Kepler-62 planets: http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-62 b/ (accessed 10/08/18). Data for Trappist-1 planets: http://www.trappist.one/system (accessed 10/08/18)

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