Astronomical evidence
Kepler-16 b orbits both stars in its host binary. The saved NASA composite catalog gives its orbital period as 228.776 days, with +0.020/−0.037 days uncertainty, and its radius as 8.4493 ± 0.0291 Earth radii. [1] This makes a two-source sky an appropriate astronomical theme, but the planet is a gas giant. The field in this image therefore belongs to an explicitly fictional moon. The wide rear viewpoint places the imaginary observer within a terrestrial-scale landscape while the binary stars and parent planet establish the real system used as the setting. [2]
The illustrated viewpoint
A distant armored alien humanoid seen from behind in meditation. An open field on an invented moon of Kepler-16 b, seen from far behind the seated warrior. The moon, atmosphere, field vegetation, engraved stones and warrior are invented. Kepler-16 b is the parent gas giant in the sky, not the solid ground. Its real binary hosts motivate the paired small suns; their positions, sizes, the planet's phase and the sky exposure are illustrative rather than a computed observing epoch. No plant life, moon or surface environment has been detected.
The moon, atmosphere, field vegetation, engraved stones and warrior are invented. Kepler-16 b is the parent gas giant in the sky, not the solid ground. Its real binary hosts motivate the paired small suns; their positions, sizes, the planet's phase and the sky exposure are illustrative rather than a computed observing epoch. No plant life, moon or surface environment has been detected. All beings and cultures are fictional. Apparent sizes, phases and exposure are artistic, not a calibrated sky simulation. Cosmic connection is a visual theme, not an observed biological mechanism.
Catalog measurements & sources
Host: Kepler-16. Snapshot: 25 September 2026. Errors, limits and source provenance are retained. Calculated values and model estimates are not direct measurements. Unknown is not zero; equilibrium temperature is not surface temperature.
| Quantity / unit | Value / reported errors | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Radius · Earth radii | 8.4493 (+0.0291 / -0.0291) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Mass · Earth masses | 105.833 (+5.085 / -5.085) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Density · g/cm³ | 0.964 (+0.047 / -0.046) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Orbital period · days | 228.776 (+0.02 / -0.037) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Orbital semimajor axis · AU | 0.7048 (+0.0011 / -0.0011) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0069 (+0.001 / -0.0015) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Inclination · degrees | 90.0322 (+0.0022 / -0.0023) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Irradiation · Earth flux | 0.2517 (+0.0012 / -0.0012) | Calculated Value |
| Equilibrium temperature · K | 205.9 (+6.95 / -6.95) | Calculated Value |
| Stellar effective temperature · K | 4450 (+150 / -150) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Stellar radius · Solar | 0.6489 (+0.0013 / -0.0013) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Stellar mass · Solar | 0.6897 (+0.0035 / -0.0034) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Stellar luminosity · log Solar | -0.90301 (+0.00147 / -0.00148) | Gaia DR2 |
| Stellar age · Gyr | 3.8 (+3.7 / -3.7) | Q1-Q8 KOI Table |
| Stellar metallicity · dex | -0.3 (+0.2 / -0.2) | Doyle et al. 2011 |
| Distance · pc | 75.0852 (+0.1541 / -0.1536) | TICv8 |