Kepler-35
Figure Caption:
An artist's rendition of the Kepler-35 planet system, in which a
Saturn-size planet orbits a pair of stars. The larger star is similar to
the size of the Sun, while the smaller star is 79% of the Sun's radius.
The stars orbit and eclipse each other every 21 days, but the eclipses do
not occur exactly periodically. This variation in the times of the
eclipses motivated the search for the planet, which was discovered to
transit the stars as it orbits the pair every 131 days. Analogous events
led to the discovery of the planet Kepler-34. The discovery of these two
new systems establishes a new class of `circumbinary' planets, and
suggests there are many millions of such giant planets in our Galaxy.
Media organizations may use this artwork in association with news
coverage of the Kepler-34 and Kepler-35 discovery.
The artists retain copyright.
Illustration Credits:
1. (left) Lynette Cook
2. (center) Illustration © Mark A. Garlick
3. (right or bottom) Lior Taylor
Illustration by Lynette Cook (left)
Illustration © Mark A. Garlick / space-art.co.uk (middle)
Illustration by Lior Taylor (right or bottom)
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files!
Kepler-35_Cook.tif (27 MB)
Kepler-35_Garlick.jpg (4 MB)
Kepler-35_Taylor.tif (25 MB)
Artist Information:
Ms. Lynette R. Cook, Artist/Illustrator
lynette@spaceart.org
http://extrasolar.spaceart.org
Dr. Mark Garlick Words and Pictures Ltd
mag@markgarlick.com
http://www.space-art.co.uk
Lior Taylor
lior_taylor@liordesign.com
www.liordesign.com
KOI-54 movie: New KOI-54 animation in .mpg format (75 MB).
Welsh_NExScI.pptx
my talk on CBP at NExScI in fall 2011.
Welsh_AAS-414.07.pptx my AAS talk at Austin on Kepler-34 and Kepler-35.
