Kepler: Artist's Concepts

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Kepler-20, An Unusual Planetary System

NASA's Kepler Mission has made the first detection of a planet orbiting two stars.

Kepler-16: A Planet Orbiting Two Stars

This artist's animation illustrates the Kepler-16 system from an overhead view, showing the eccentric orbits of the two stars as they twirl around each other every 41 days like figure skaters.

Kepler-16: A Dance of Two Suns and One Planet

This artist's movie illustrates Kepler-16b, the first directly detected circumbinary planet, which is a planet that orbits two stars. The movie begins by showing the gaseous surface of the rotating planet then pans out to show the stars it orbits.

Kepler-16: Three Eclipsing Bodies

This animation shows the Kepler-16 system of a binary star (Kepler-16A and Kepler-16B) and planet (Kepler-16b) orbiting them both .

Kepler-16: Light Curve Animation

Animation:NASA's Kepler space telescope watches a lone star, Kepler-11

2011 Feb 2: NASA's Kepler space telescope watches a lone star, Kepler-11

Animation of "What Is Planet Kepler 10b Like?"

2011 Jan 10: What Is Planet Kepler-10b Like?

Kepler "Beauty Shot"

Kepler "Beauty Shot"

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