Astronomical evidence
Kepler-16 b travels around both members of an eclipsing binary. Transits of the stars and planet helped constrain the geometry of this system. The saved NASA composite catalog gives the planetary period as 228.776 days, with reported errors of +0.020/−0.037 days, and a radius of 8.4493 ± 0.0291 Earth radii. [1] Its real two-star setting motivates the paired low suns. The foreground must belong to an imagined moon or structure because the planet itself is a gas giant. No moon, sanctuary or resolved cloud map has been established by these observations. [2]
The illustrated viewpoint
Humanoid with a ridged cranial fan and dark ceramic armor in meditation. A basalt sanctuary on an invented moon of Kepler-16 b. The basalt hall, solid moon, warrior, mural and atmosphere are invented. Kepler-16 b is a gas giant, not the rocky foreground. The two suns represent its real binary hosts; their separation, sizes, orbital phase and illumination are not calculated for a particular date. The indigo clouds are an artistic interpretation, not mapped weather.
The basalt hall, solid moon, warrior, mural and atmosphere are invented. Kepler-16 b is a gas giant, not the rocky foreground. The two suns represent its real binary hosts; their separation, sizes, orbital phase and illumination are not calculated for a particular date. The indigo clouds are an artistic interpretation, not mapped weather. All beings and cultures are fictional. Apparent sizes, phases and exposure are artistic, not a calibrated sky simulation. Cosmic connection is a visual theme, not an observed biological mechanism.
Catalog measurements & sources
Host: Kepler-16. Snapshot: 25 September 2026. Errors, limits and source provenance are retained. Calculated values and model estimates are not direct measurements. Unknown is not zero; equilibrium temperature is not surface temperature.
| Quantity / unit | Value / reported errors | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Radius · Earth radii | 8.4493 (+0.0291 / -0.0291) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Mass · Earth masses | 105.833 (+5.085 / -5.085) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Density · g/cm³ | 0.964 (+0.047 / -0.046) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Orbital period · days | 228.776 (+0.02 / -0.037) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Orbital semimajor axis · AU | 0.7048 (+0.0011 / -0.0011) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0069 (+0.001 / -0.0015) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Inclination · degrees | 90.0322 (+0.0022 / -0.0023) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Irradiation · Earth flux | 0.2517 (+0.0012 / -0.0012) | Calculated Value |
| Equilibrium temperature · K | 205.9 (+6.95 / -6.95) | Calculated Value |
| Stellar effective temperature · K | 4450 (+150 / -150) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Stellar radius · Solar | 0.6489 (+0.0013 / -0.0013) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Stellar mass · Solar | 0.6897 (+0.0035 / -0.0034) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Stellar luminosity · log Solar | -0.90301 (+0.00147 / -0.00148) | Gaia DR2 |
| Stellar age · Gyr | 3.8 (+3.7 / -3.7) | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| Stellar metallicity · dex | -0.3 (+0.2 / -0.2) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Distance · pc | 75.0852 (+0.1541 / -0.1536) | TICv8 |