Tuesday, December 11, 2012

NASA Discovers New Double-Star Planet Systems | Synopsis

NASA Discovers New Double-Star Planet Systems

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A New Class of Planetary Systems: This creative performance illustrates the Kepler-35 planetary system. In the foreground, Kepler-35b, a Saturn-size globe orbits its host stars every 131 days. Click image for numerous resolutions and complete caption. The Kepler-35 System: An artist's performance of the Kepler-35 planetary system, in which a Saturn-size planet orbits a pair of stars. While long anticipated in both science and sci-fi, the presence of a circumbinary planet-- a planet orbiting two stars-- like "Tatooine" depicted in the film Star Wars even more than 30 years ago, was not definitively developed till the discovery of Kepler-16b, announced in September 2011. Today, using data from NASA's Kepler mission, astronomers announced the discovery of two new double-star planet systems-- Kepler-34 and Kepler-35-- at the 219th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Austin, Texas, Jan. 8-12, 2012.

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0"This work further establishes that such 'two sun' planets are not rare exceptions, but may in fact be common, with many millions existing in our galaxy," said William Welsh ...
0.0793444"This work further establishes that such 'two sun' planets are not rare exceptions, but may in fact be common, with many millions existing in our galaxy," said William Welsh of San Diego State University and Kepler participating scientist who led the study. "This discovery broadens the hunting ground for systems that could support life."
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