Kepler-16: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet

R. Doyle, Laurance; A. Carter, Joshua; C. Fabrycky, Daniel; W. Slawson, Robert; B. Howell, Steve; N. Winn, Joshua; A. Orosz, Jerome; Prˇsa, Andrej; F. Welsh, William; N. Quinn, Samuel; W. Latham, David; Torres, Guillermo; A. Buchhave, Lars; W. Marcy, Geoffrey; J. Fortney, Jonathan; Shporer, Avi; B. Ford, Eric; J. Lissauer, Jack; Ragozzine, Darin; Rucker, Michael; M. Batalha, Natalie; M. Jenkins, Jon; J. Borucki, W.; Koch, David; K. Middour, Christopher; R. Hall, Jennifer; McCauliff, Sean; N. Fanelli, M.; V. Quintana, Elisa; J. Holman, Matthew; A. Caldwell, Douglas; Still, Martin; P. Stefanik, R.; R. Brown, Warren; A. Esquerdo, Gilbert; Tang, Sumin; Fürész, Gábor; C. Geary, John; Berlind, Perry; Calkins, M.; R. Short, Donald; H. Steffen, Jason; Sasselov, Dimitar; W. Dunham, Edward; D. Cochran, William; P. Boss, Alan; R. Haas, Michael; L. Buzasi, Derek; A. Fischer, Debra

doi:10.1126/science.1210923

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Kepler-16: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet

Published in Science • Sep 16, 2011

Authors:

Laurance R. Doyle

Joshua A. Carter

Daniel C. Fabrycky

Abstract

We report the detection of a planet whose orbit surrounds a pair of low-mass stars. Data from the Kepler spacecraft reveal transits of the planet across both stars, in addition to the mutual eclipses of the stars, giving precise constraints on the absolute dimensions of all three bodies. The planet ...

Subject

Circumbinary planet

Physics

Kepler-47

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