A circumbinary planet is a planet that orbits two stars instead of one. The two stars orbit each other in a binary system, while the planet typically...
49 KB (5,207 words) - 23:37, 23 August 2024
the stable region in both cases. For a circumbinary planet, orbital stability is guaranteed only if the planet's distance from the stars is significantly...
9 KB (1,049 words) - 22:36, 3 May 2024
TOI-1338 (category Exoplanets discovered by Planet Hunters)
about 1,320 light-years from Earth. It is orbited by two known circumbinary planets, TOI-1338 b, discovered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite...
16 KB (1,365 words) - 01:22, 13 August 2024
PH1b (redirect from Planet Hunters 1)
PH1b (standing for "Planet Hunters 1"), or by its NASA designation Kepler-64b, is an extrasolar planet found in a circumbinary orbit in the quadruple star...
12 KB (1,079 words) - 15:01, 18 July 2024
Exoplanet naming convention (redirect from Planet naming)
standard exists to accommodate the naming of planets that orbit two stars, which are known as circumbinary planets. A limited number of exoplanets have IAU-sanctioned...
19 KB (2,183 words) - 19:52, 2 July 2024
Kepler-16b (category Circumbinary planets)
days. "[It] is the first confirmed, unambiguous example of a circumbinary planet – a planet orbiting not one, but two stars," said Josh Carter of the Center...
19 KB (1,807 words) - 05:19, 23 August 2024
W.; Fortney, Jonathan J. (2011-09-16). "Kepler-16: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet". Science. 333 (6049): 1602–1606. arXiv:1109.3432. Bibcode:2011Sci...
33 KB (2,489 words) - 13:30, 20 August 2024
Kepler space telescope (section Planet finding process)
Transit Timing Variation (TTV) Planet-finding Technique Begins to Flower. NASA.gov. Planet Hunters Find Circumbinary Planet in 4-Star System – 10.16.2012...
172 KB (16,217 words) - 12:17, 24 August 2024
lists of planets. A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant. The best available theory of planet formation...
9 KB (786 words) - 14:37, 23 August 2024
Circumstellar disc (redirect from Circumbinary disk)
the disk, such as circumbinary planet formation and migration. It was originally believed that all binaries located within circumbinary disk would evolve...
27 KB (3,414 words) - 19:06, 21 August 2024