Kepler-16b - Wikipedia
Kepler-16b is a gas giant, an exoplanet that is near the same mass and radius as the planets Jupiter and Saturn. It has a temperature of 188 K (−85 °C; −121 °F). [citation needed] The planet has a radius of 0.77 RJ, slightly smaller than Saturn, and has no solid surface.
Kepler-16 b - NASA Science
Kepler-16 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a K-type star. Its mass is 0.333 Jupiters, it takes 228.8 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.7048 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2011.
Relax on Kepler-16b - Where your shadow always has company
Depicted here as a terrestrial planet, Kepler-16b might also be a gas giant like Saturn. Prospects for life on this unusual world aren't good, as it has a temperature similar to that of dry ice. But the discovery indicates that the movie's iconic double-sunset is anything but science fiction.
Kepler-16 - Wikipedia
Kepler-16 is an eclipsing binary star system in the constellation of Cygnus that was targeted by the Kepler spacecraft. Both stars are smaller than the Sun; the primary, Kepler-16A, is a K-type main-sequence star and the secondary, Kepler-16B, is an M-type red dwarf.
Explore the Surface - Kepler 16b - Exoplanet Exploration
Like Luke Skywalker's planet "Tatooine" in Star Wars, Kepler-16b orbits a pair of stars. You can stand on the surface of a hypothetical moon of this cold gas giant.
NASA's Kepler Discovery Confirms First Planet Orbiting Two Stars
2011年9月15日 · Kepler-16b orbits around both stars every 229 days, similar to Venus' 225-day orbit, but lies outside the system's habitable zone, where liquid water could exist on the surface, because the stars are cooler than our sun.
Kepler 16b - Guided Tour | Exoplanet Travel Bureau – Exoplanet ...
NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery. Stand in a system where you would have two shadows from Kepler-16b’s two stars.
Where the Sun Sets Twice - NASA
2011年9月19日 · NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered a world where two suns set over the horizon instead of just one. The planet, called Kepler-16b, is the most “Tatooine-like” planet yet found in our galaxy and is depicted here in this artist’s concept with its two stars.
Where your shadow always has company - NASA Science
2016年3月23日 · Kepler-16b is a gas giant like Saturn, so it has no solid surface to stand on. The view here is depicted on an imagined nearby moon. Like Luke Skywalker's planet "Tatooine" in Star Wars, Kepler-16b orbits a pair of stars.
Rare “Tatooine-Like” Exoplanet That Orbits Around Two Stars at …
2022年2月28日 · Researchers detected the circumbinary planet Kepler-16b using ground-based radial velocity methods, challenging existing theories on planet formation in binary systems and suggesting planets may migrate inward after forming far from their stars.