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Kepler-16b

Astronomical discovery
Kepler-16b is an exoplanet. It is a Saturn-mass planet consisting of half gas and half rock and ice, and it orbits a binary star, Kepler-16, with a period of 229 days. Wikipedia
Orbital period: 229 days
Radius: 33,486 mi
Orbits: Kepler-16
Discoverer: Laurance Doyle
Discovered: September 15, 2011
Distance to Earth: 245 light years
Length of day: 229 days