Kepler-16 b
A real world. 7 imagined possibilities.
Watch this world orbit ↗Catalog central values; reported uncertainties, limits and sources are in the science record below.
Under these skies,
we imagined…
Explore this world through landscapes, life and stories. Each scene is connected to its intended planet and includes the science, the viewpoint and the details we invented.
Possible exomoons01 imagined view
Humanoids & exotic skies01 imagined view
Alien AI · The work goes on01 imagined view
Alien AI · Who owns the dawn?02 imagined views
Kepler-16 bA language of refusalAlien AI · Who owns the dawn?
Kepler-16 bThe clinic that stayed openAlien AI · Who owns the dawn?Worlds at war01 imagined view
WARRIOR · Stillness & discipline01 imagined view
The real world, in the literature
The host system is real. All alien organisms, robots, societies and social histories are fictional. Moons, rings, terrain and weather are artistic assumptions unless specifically supported by a cited source. These images are not calibrated simulations of the sky.
Doyle et al. 2011 · Gaia DR2 · Q1-Q8 KOI Table · TICv8
NASA composite catalog values may combine different papers. Errors and upper/lower limits are retained. “Calculated Value” means derived or estimated. Msini is a minimum mass. Missing values are unknown. A multiple-star system’s single stellar row does not describe every component. Equilibrium temperature is not a measured surface temperature.
| Quantity | Value & uncertainty | Unit | Paper / source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planet radius | 8.4493 [+0.0291 / -0.0291] | Earth radii | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Planet mass | 105.83 [+5.085 / -5.085] | Earth masses | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Bulk density | 0.964 [+0.047 / -0.046] | g/cm³ | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Orbital period | 228.78 [+0.02 / -0.037] | days | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.7048 [+0.0011 / -0.0011] | AU | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0069 [+0.001 / -0.0015] | Doyle et al. 2011 | |
| Orbital inclination | 90.032 [+0.0022 / -0.0023] | degrees | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Irradiation | 0.2517 [+0.0012 / -0.0012] | Earth flux | Calculated Value |
| Equilibrium temperature | 205.9 [+6.95 / -6.95] | K; not surface temperature | Calculated Value |
| Catalog stellar effective temperature | 4,450 [+150 / -150] | K | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Catalog stellar radius | 0.6489 [+0.0013 / -0.0013] | Solar radii | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Catalog stellar mass | 0.6897 [+0.0035 / -0.0034] | Solar masses | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Catalog stellar luminosity | -0.90301 [+0.00147 / -0.00148] | log10 Solar luminosity | Gaia DR2 |
| Catalog stellar age | 3.8 [+3.7 / -3.7] | Gyr | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| Catalog stellar metallicity | -0.3 [+0.2 / -0.2] | dex | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| System distance | 75.085 [+0.1541 / -0.1536] | pc | TICv8 |