Planet Kepler-16 (AB) b
| Name | Kepler-16 (AB) b | |
| Discovered in | 2011 | |
| M × sin i | 0.333 ± 0.016 MJ |  |
| Semi-major axis | 0.7048 ± 0.001 AU | |
| Orbital period | 228.776 +0.037-0.037 days | |
| Eccentricity | 0.00685 +0.00146-0.00146 | |
| ω | 318 +22-22 | |
| Tperi | — | |
| Radius | 0.7538 +0.0023-0.0023 RJ | |
| Inclination | 90.0322 +0.0023-0.0023° | |
| Update | April 24, 2012 | |
| Detection method | detected by transit | |
| Molecules detected | — |
Remarks
13 Sep 2011: The planet Kepler-16 b was first suspected by Slawson et al. 2011.Star
| Name | Kepler-16 (AB) | |
| Distance | — | |
| Spectral type | K | |
| Apparent magnitude V | 12.0 | |
| Mass | 0.8499 ± 0.017 MSun | |
| Age | Gyr | |
| Effective temperature | 4450 ± 150 K | |
| Radius | 0.65 ± 0 RSun | |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | -0.3 ± 0.2 | |
| RA2000 | 19:16:18.0 | |
| Dec2000 | +51:45:27 | |
| Planetary system | 1 planet |
More data
- Simbad
- Most recent references (ADS)
Related publications
Kepler-16b: Safe in a Resonance Cell
May 16, 2013
POPOVA E. & SHEVCHENKO I.
ApJ, 769, 152
paper
An Analytic Theory for the Orbits of Circumbinary Planets
Dec. 12, 2012
LEUNG G. & LEE M.
ApJ, 763, 107
paper arxiv
On the Habitable Zones of Circumbinary Planetary Systems
Dec. 8, 2012
KANE S. & HINKEL N.
ApJ, 762, 7
<paper a target= "_blank" href= "http://arxiv.org/abs/1211.2812">arxiv
Regions of Dynamical Stability for Discs and Planets in Binary Stars of the Solar Neighborhood
Aug. 13, 2012
JAIME L., PICHARDO M. & AGUILAR L.
MNRAS, accepted
arxiv
How not to build Tatooine: the difficulty of in situ formation of circumbinary planets Kepler 16b, Kepler 34b and Kepler 35b
July 20, 2012
PAARDEKOOPER S.-J., LEINHARDT Z., THEBAULT Ph. & BARUTEAU C.
ApJ. Letters, 754, L16
paper arxiv
Kepler-16b: a resonant survivor
July 5, 2012
POPOVA E. & SHEVCHENKO I.
arxiv
Characterization of exoplanets from their formation II: The planetary mass-radius relationship
July 2, 2012
MORDASINI Ch., ALIBERT Y., GEORGY C., DITTKRIST K.-M., KLAHR H. & HENNING Th.
Astron. & Astrophys., 547, A112
paper
arxiv
Circumbinary Planet Formation in the Kepler-16 system. I. N-body Simulations
May 26, 2012
MESCHIARI
ApJ., 752, 71
paper arxiv
The SDSS-HET Survey of Kepler Eclipsing Binaries: Spectroscopic Dynamical Masses of the Kepler-16 Circumbinary Planet Hosts
May 16, 2012
BENDER Ch., MAHADEVAN S., DESHPANDE R., WRIGHT J., ROY A. & 5 additional authors
ApJ. Letters, 751, L31
paper arxiv
A Correlation Between the Eclipse Depths of Kepler Gas Giant Candidates and the Metallicities of their Parent Stars
April 12, 2012
DODSON-ROBINSON S.
ApJ.
arxiv
A Uniformly Derived Catalogue of Exoplanets from Radial Velocities
Feb. 10, 2012
HOLLIS M., BALAN S., LEVER G. & LAHAV O.
MNRAS
arxiv
Habitability of Earth-type Planets and Moons in the Kepler-16 System
Jan. 12, 2012
QUARLES B., MUSIELAK Z. & CUNTZ M.
ApJ. Letters
arxiv
The Exoplanet Handbook
May 22, 2012
Michael Perryman
Content
Content and Chapter 5
Kepler 16: A System of Potential Interest to Astrobiologists
Nov. 2, 2011
HEATH M. & DOYLE L.
arxiv
On The Existence Of Earth-like Planets In The Circumbinary System Kepler-16
Oct. 28, 2011
QUARLES B., MUSELIAK Z. & CUNTZ M.
BAAS, 44, no1, 125.03
abstract
Spin-Orbit Alignment for the Circumbinary Planet Host Kepler-16A
Oct. 6, 2011
WINN J., ALBRECHT S., JOHNSON J., TORRES G., COCHRAN W. &
ApJ. Letters, 741, L1
paper arxiv
Kepler-16: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet
Sept. 16, 2011
DOYLE L., CARTER J., FABRYCKY D., SLAWSON R., HOWELL S. & 45 additional authors
Science, 333, 1602
paper arxiv
Kepler Eclipsing Binary Stars. II. 2165 Eclipsing Binaries in the Second Data Release
Sept. 13, 2011
SLAWSON R., PRSA A., WELSH W., OROSZ J., RUCKER M. & 19 additional authors
Astron. J.
arxiv
On the occultations of a binary star by a circum-orbiting dark
companion
Sept. 16, 2011
SCHNEIDER J.
Planet. & Spa. Sci., 42, 539
paper
The photometric search for earth-sized extrasolar planets by occultation in binary systems
Sept. 16, 2011
SCHNEIDER J. & CHEVRETON M.
Astron. & Astrophys., 232, 251
paper
Planetary orbits in binary stars
Sept. 22, 2011
HARRINGTON R.
Astron. J., 82, 753
abstract