Gas giant · Kepler-16
Kepler-16 b
ExoplanetsDiscovered 2011
Scientific overview
Kepler-16 b is a gas giant orbiting Kepler-16, completing an orbit every 229 days, about 245 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2011 using the transit method.
Host star
Discovery and detection
Knowledge connections
- OrbitsKepler-16
- Discovered by methodTransit Method
- Discovered by missionKepler Space Telescope
- Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive