Kepler-16
binary star system in the constellation Cygnus
Kepler-16 is an eclipsing binary star system. It consists of two stars, Kepler-16A and Kepler-16B. The system also has one exoplanet, Kepler-16b. It is a gas giant the size of Saturn.[1]
References
change- ↑ Doyle, Laurance R.; Carter, Joshua A.; Fabrycky, Daniel C.; Slawson, Robert W.; Howell, Steve B.; Winn, Joshua N.; Orosz, Jerome A.; Prša, Andrej; Welsh, William F.; et al. (2011). "Kepler-16: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet". Science. 333 (6049): 1602–6. arXiv:1109.3432. Bibcode:2011Sci...333.1602D. doi:10.1126/science.1210923. PMID 21921192. S2CID 206536332.
