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    Proxima Centauri b (or Proxima b), also referred to as Alpha Centauri Cb, is an exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Proxima...
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    Proxima Centauri is a small, low-mass star located 4.2465 light-years (1.3020 pc) away from the Sun in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Its Latin...
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    Proxima Centauri c (also called Proxima c or Alpha Centauri Cc) is a controversial[why?] exoplanet candidate claimed to be orbiting the red dwarf star...
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    Proxima Centauri d (also called Proxima d) is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Sun and part of the Alpha...
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    three stars: Rigil Kentaurus (α Centauri A), Toliman (α Centauri B), and Proxima CentauriCentauri C). Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun...
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    Breakthrough Starshot (category Proxima Centauri)
    proposed to Proxima Centauri b, an Earth-sized exoplanet in the habitable zone of its host star, Proxima Centauri, in the Alpha Centauri system. At a...
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    BLC1 (category Proxima Centauri)
    inconsistent with what would be caused by the movement of Proxima b, a planet of Proxima Centauri. The Doppler shift in the signal was the opposite of what...
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  • light-years. Only Proxima Centauri b, Ross 128 b, and GJ 1061 d are closer. Discovered alongside Gliese 273c in June 2017, Luyten b is a super-Earth of...
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    identified probably did not exist. Proxima Centauri b (Alpha Centauri Cb) Proxima Centauri c Alpha Centauri Bc Alpha Centauri in fiction Project Longshot Dumusque...
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    which is Proxima Centauri 4.25 light-years away. The first confirmed exoplanet discovered in the Proxima Centauri system was Proxima Centauri b, in 2016...
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    water-rich geysers. Nearby potentially habitable exoplanets Proxima Centauri b Ross 128 b Luyten b TRAPPIST-1d TRAPPIST-1e TRAPPIST-1f TRAPPIST-1g K2-3d, a...
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    massive than the similar and nearby Proxima Centauri b, with a minimum mass of 1.27 ME. The low mass of Ross 128 b implies that it is most likely a rocky...
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  • habitable zone of its host star— only Gliese 1002 b and c, Gliese 1061 b, Teegarden b and Proxima Centauri b are closer. Its equilibrium temperature is calculated...
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  • the Proxima Centauri b which orbits the closest star to the Sun. Mikko Tuomi was the first to find indications of the existence of Proxima Centauri b in...
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    Milky Way. About 11 billion of these may be orbiting Sun-like stars. Proxima Centauri b, located about 4.2 light-years (1.3 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation...
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    life than the one around Proxima Centauri, called Proxima b. Amos, Jonathan (24 August 2016). "Neighbouring star Proxima Centauri has Earth-sized planet"...
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    TRAPPIST-1 (category EngvarB from June 2022)
    is in a comparable position within the habitable zone to that of Proxima Centauri b, which also has an Earth-like density. TRAPPIST-1e could have retained...
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    worldbuilding characteristics". The Alpha Centauri system is the closest star system to Earth—with Proxima Centauri being the closest of the system's stars—which...
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    campaign, which resulted in the confirmation of the existence of Proxima Centauri b, the closest potentially habitable extrasolar planet to Earth, followed...
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  • planet in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth (not counting the Sun). Called Proxima b, the planet is 1.3 times the mass...
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  • planets at all around Aldebaran. Alpha Centauri Bb Proxima Centauri b Hot Jupiter Farr, W. (2018). "Aldebaran b's temperate past uncovered in planet search...
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    potentially habitable exoplanet was found to be orbiting Proxima Centauri, called Proxima Centauri b, the closest confirmed exoplanet to the Sun. The Solar System...
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  • Pablo A. (1 January 2020). "A low-mass planet candidate orbiting Proxima Centauri at a distance of 1.5 AU". Science Advances. 6 (3): eaax7467. Bibcode:2020SciA...
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    potentially habitable exoplanet was found to be orbiting Proxima Centauri, called Proxima Centauri b, the closest confirmed exoplanet to the Sun. The Solar System...
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  • Prentice-Hall. pp. 415. ISBN 0-13-914101-4. "Do-it-yourself Science — is Proxima c hiding in this graph?". www.eso.org. Retrieved 11 September 2017. Engelberg...
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    On August 24, 2016, Earth-size exoplanet Proxima Centauri b orbiting in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, 4.2 light-years away, was announced. This...
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    Zapatero (1 February 2022). "A candidate short-period sub-Earth orbiting Proxima Centauri". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 658: A115. arXiv:2202.05188. Bibcode:2022A&A...
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    · ne is roughly 0.4. The nearest planet in the habitable zone is Proxima Centauri b, which is as close as about 4.2 light-years away. The consensus at...
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    red dwarf, was reported in April 2014. Proxima Centauri b, a planet in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, the nearest known star to the solar system...
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    "Computing the minimal crew for a multi-generational space travel towards Proxima Centauri b". Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. 71: 45. arXiv:1806...
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