Kepler 16: A System of Potential Interest to Astrobiologists

Abstract

We use the circumbinary planetary system Kepler-16b as an example to specify some considerations that may be of interest to astrobiologists regarding the dynamic nature of habitable zones around close double star systems.

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• Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler, II: Analysis of the first four months of data
• Kepler-16: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet