Tatooine found!

[King Nud]

Tatooine is real! (Sort of)

The Kepler telescope, in orbit around the Earth, has identified a planet that orbits TWO stars, like the fictional planet Tatooine from the Star Wars saga.

The twin stars orbit one another, with the planet, formally called Kepler 16b, orbiting the pair. The two stars perform an eclipse every 20.5 days, and as they get further apart they set at different times. The planet will not experience constant sunlight.

The planet is most like Saturn, with temperatures ranging from -70C to -100C.

The Kepler telescope gazes at 155,000 stars in the northern hemisphere, looking for the tell-tale flicker of their light that signifies an orbiting planet crossing it's face.

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This is astonishing - first, Voyager 1 reaches Interstellar space, then we discover a planet that reflects just 1% of light and now this!

[SillySausage]

WHAT?

[King Nud]

[Vanoi]

This isn't the planet your looking for.

[CtrlAltDe1337]

Move along, move along.

[Admiral Piett]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy too cold to be Tatooine.

[Jingo Eugene]

Quickly! Get to it before Darth Vader dies! We need to set a few politicians straight...

[Mortality]

I think there's a planet that's basically Tatooine, I believe it is:

HD 188753

[.L.]

Um so is Tattooine supposed to be -100 celsius. Cause I don't think it is.

[John I Tzimisces]

Interesting: I was under the impression astronomers weren't sure if planets could achieve a stable orbit around a binary star system like this or Alpha Centauri.

[Himster]

Um so is Tattooine supposed to be -100 celsius. Cause I don't think it is.

Ah, just wait till we colonise it and global warning kicks in. It'll be -99 celsius. Woo, break out the Leia bikinis ladies.

[Pharoah]

cool

[IronBrig4]

If there's a bright center to the universe, that's the planet where it's farthest from.

[MathiasOfAthens]

So the rock has 2 suns and its way below 0 degrees. Must be some ed up suns.