Kepler-16
KOI-1611
KIC 12644769
19 16 18
+51 45 27
60
9.815
9.14
8.996
Kepler-16
KOI-1611
KIC 12644769
2MASS J19161817+5145267
12.1
11.90
0.22
41
0.6897
0.6489
4450
-0.3
K
Kepler-16 A
KOI-1611 A
KIC 12644769 A
0.20255
0.22623
M
Kepler-16 B
KOI-1611 B
KOI-1611.01
KIC 12644769 B
Kepler-16 (AB) b
Kepler-16 b
KOI-1611.02
KOI-1611 (AB) b
KIC 12644769 (AB) b
KOI-1611 b
KIC 12644769 b
Confirmed planets
0.333
0.7538
228.776
0.7048
0.00685
90.0322
2455425.2038
Kepler-16 (AB) b is a circum-binary planet. It is orbiting two stars. The orbit of the binary stars and the planet are perfectly alligned within half a degree. This suggests that the planet formed in a circumbinary disc.
transit
12/11/27
2011
Kepler 16
This image shows an artist's illustration of the Kepler-16 (AB) b exo-planet orbiting two binary stars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt
Planets in binary systems, P-type
1
http://youtu.be/qQpqOZ08888
Cygnus