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Futuristic Advert for tourism on Kepler-16 b - Illustration

author: Nasa/JPL-Caltech/Novapix

reference: a-exo99-31302

Image Size 300 DPI: 68 * 99 cm

Like Luke Skywalker's planet "Tatooine" in Star Wars, Kepler-16b orbits a pair of stars. Depicted here as a terrestrial planet, Kepler-16b might also be a gas giant like Saturn. Prospects for life on this unusual world aren't good, as it has a temperature similar to that of dry ice. But the discovery indicates that the movie's iconic double-sunset is anything but science fiction.

Keywords for this photo:

2016 - ADVERTISING - ASTRONAUT - BINARY STAR - CYGNUS - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - HABITABLE ZONE - HUMAN - ILLUSTRATION - KEPLER-16 - KEPLER-16 b - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - OBSERVATION - OBSERVER - PLANET - POSTER - SCIENCE FICTION - SHADOW - SPACE - SPACE TOURISM - STAR - SUNSET - TOURIST -