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The idea came from an object that was at the time believed to exist in the 61 Cygni system, and which might represent an extrasolar planet.
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61 Cygni /ˈsɪɡni/ is a binary star system in the constellation Cygnus, consisting of a pair of K-type dwarf stars that orbit each other in a period of about 659 years. Of apparent magnitude 5.20 and 6.05, respectively, they can be seen with binoculars in city skies or with the naked eye in rural areas without light pollution.
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Over the course of the twentieth century, several different astronomers reported evidence of a massive planet orbiting one of the two stars, but recent high-precision radial velocity observations have shown that all such claims were unfounded.[15] No planets have been confirmed in this stellar system to date.
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Au contraire, says Prot of K-PAX.
K-PAX is the planet with multiple moons to the right of the binary star system. It has a highly eccentric orbit around the two stars. The drawing is not quite to scale, but the relatively distances are correct.
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Prot says he is from the binary star system of Agape and Satori. These are certainly poetic appellations by the writers; "Agape" is the Greco-Christian term for transcendent unconditional love (often translated as charity), whereas "satori" is a Japanese Buddhist term for enlightenment, or self-understanding. Of the few hundred or so stars with proper given titles (as opposed to a star-catalog number), none have those names.
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Ooh, spooky...
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