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James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST-1 planet (phys.org)
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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

It was found using the space telescope Co-founded by the Liège (Belgium) University

Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST)

There's no way to be certain, but there may have been some correlation between the name sake and the teams preferred after work beverage.