Kepler-16b Discovered; Planet With Two Suns Nicknamed Tatooine From Star Wars
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Uploaded by slatester on Sep 16, 2011
Kepler-16b is trending after NASA announced the discovery of the first planet with two suns. Double star systems are common in the Milky Way, but the discovery puts to rest any doubts that a circumbinary planet, or a planet that orbits two stars instead of one, can form and exist in their vicinity.
Astronomers have started referring to Kepler-16b as Tatooine after the fictional planet in the Star Wars saga famous for its two suns that is home to both Luke and Anakin Skywalker.
Kepler-16b is about the size of Saturn and a mere 200 light-years from Earth. It orbits the binary star system every 229 days, while the two stars themselves orbit each other once every 41 days.
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Does this planet have any moons if so we should soo go there. :)
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@amtriplekkk CONSPIRACY! CONSPIRACIES EVERYWHERE
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@brakogar this is real u know
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no way it could support life any thing on it would burn to death due to the double suns heat
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no way it could suport life ev
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. . .what i wanna know is, are there any signs of life on the spinning planet?
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@RedSkyNord i will totally make a trollface with "PROBLEM?" beneath it XDDD
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When will we be able to visit someone else's world and make cool designs in their corn crops?
RedSkyNord 5 months ago 29
@RedSkyNord lol
MasterpieceOfAlex 5 months ago