The Planet
Kepler-16b is a giant in comparison, the Earth, but more than the Earth its characteristics, reflecting another planets of our beloved, Solar System, the planet Saturn, is the one that looks more like Kepler-16b, both in size, which by constitution, Kepler-16b is located 200 light years from us. It spent using about 229 of our days to accomplish a complete rotation around its two suns, it is far away, about 100 million kilometers, equal to the distance between our Sun and Venus.
His Suns... The two stars make this Solar System, one of those rare cases in our galaxy, where it dominates, are two Suns, Their dimensions are, for the largest, about 70% of the Sun, while the smallest of these two stars, is equivalent to approximately 29% of our Sun, it is assumed that they are not excessive hot, and therefore on the planet kepler-16b, the temperature is not overdoing, but still high, amounting to about 100 grades Celsius.
The researchers
The study of stars by NASA researchers, is like a book that can not be complete, the stars in fact, continue to surprise the observers with constant twists and discoveries enlightened, in fact among all, the Stars kept under observation by the researchers, there are some that hide many secrets, which could be confirmed only with time. The Stars are celestial bodies more easy to study, as bright, while the planets and other celestial bodies, need to be seen, of being in special positions.
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