Kepler announces Kepler-16 b: An exoplanet orbiting a binary star
- September 15th, 2011
- Posted in Blog . Exoplanets
- By Paul Anthony Wilson
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This news is AMAZING.
A screenshot from the NASA announcement of Kepler-16 b showing Luke Skywalker on Tatooine
NASA, headed by the Kepler team recently announced the discovery of Kepler-16b, an exoplanet which orbits two binary stars. Something seem oddly familiar? Let’s just say it makes perfect sense to have John Knoll there (visual effects supervisor of Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd.)
For more news on this matter have a look at this NASA website.
Hmmm, found Tatooine you have.