Kepler-16: a transiting circumbinary planet

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

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Kepler-16: a transiting circumbinary planet

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

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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 is comparable to Saturn in mass and size and is on a nearly circular 229-day orbit around its two parent stars. The eclipsing stars are 20 and 69% as massive as the Sun and have an eccentric 41-day orbit. The motions of all three bodies are confined to within 0.5° of a single plane, suggesting that the planet formed within a circumbinary disk.

Original language	English
Journal	Science
Volume	333
Issue number	6049
Pages (from-to)	1602-1606
Number of pages	5
ISSN	0036-8075
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1210923
Publication status	Published - 16 Sept 2011

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Doyle, L. R., Carter, J. A., Fabrycky, D. C., Slawson, R. W., Howell, S. B., Winn, J. N., Orosz, J. A., Prsa, A., Welsh, W. F., Quinn, S. N., Latham, D., Torres, G., Buchhave, L. A., Marcy, G. W., Fortney, J. J., Shporer, A., Ford, E. B., Lissauer, J. J., Ragozzine, D., ... Fischer, D. (2011). Kepler-16: a transiting circumbinary planet. Science, 333(6049), 1602-1606. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1210923

Doyle, LR, Carter, JA, Fabrycky, DC, Slawson, RW, Howell, SB, Winn, JN, Orosz, JA, Prsa, A, Welsh, WF, Quinn, SN, Latham, D, Torres, G, Buchhave, LA, Marcy, GW, Fortney, JJ, Shporer, A, Ford, EB, Lissauer, JJ, Ragozzine, D, Rucker, M, Batalha, N, Jenkins, JM, Borucki, WJ, Koch, D, Middour, CK, Hall, JR, McCauliff, S, Fanelli, MN, Quintana, EV, Holman, MJ, Caldwell, DA, Still, M, Stefanik, RP, Brown, WR, Esquerdo, GA, Tang, S, Furesz, G, Geary, JC, Berlind, P, Calkins, ML, Short, DR, Steffen, JH, Sasselov, D, Dunham, EW, Cochran, WD, Boss, A, Haas, MR, Buzasi, D & Fischer, D 2011, 'Kepler-16: a transiting circumbinary planet', Science, vol. 333, no. 6049, pp. 1602-1606. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1210923

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