tech article 10/5/11

A planet orbiting two stars was recently discovered. This planet lies about 200 light years from earth and it has a similar mass to Saturn. It was observed by NASA's Kepler spacecraft  This planet's name is Kepler-16b. It is the first planet discovered to orbit two stars. This makes it similar to the planet of Tatooine in the movie "Star Wars." The surface temperature ranges from -70 Celsius to -100 Celsius. It orbits around both stars every 229 days.