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Temperature: 2883 K | 0.5 T Sun
Age: 4.85 billions years | 1.05 Sun
Luminosity: 0.00005 L Sun
Apparent magnitude (V): 11.13Proxima Centauri d |
0.3 M⊕ | 0.03 AU | 5 days | unconfirmed |
Proxima Centauri b |
1.2 M⊕ | 0.05 AU | 11.2 days | |
Proxima Centauri c |
7.8 M⊕ | 1.48 AU | 1928 days |
Sol
4.2 ly
Nearby star Proxima Centauri can be found in southern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope. Proxima Centauri is about 20 % of the size of Sun and temperature in its outer envelope is around 2883 K (2610 °C), which is about 50 % of Suns temperature.
Red dwarfs are small reddish stars, that are by far the most common type of star in solar neighborhood. Their mass is usually between 10 and 50 % of solar mass.
| Distance (Light Years) |
Star name | Mass (Solar mass) |
Planets | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2 |
|
Alpha Centauri | 1.1 M☉ 0.12 M☉ 0.91 M☉ |
2 |
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| 3.5 |
|
Luhman 16 | 0.03 M☉ 0.03 M☉ |
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| 4.2 |
|
Sol | 1 M☉ | 8 |
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| 6.6 |
|
Barnard star | 0.14 M☉ | 1 |
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| 7.8 |
|
WISE 0855−0714 | 0.01 M☉ | ||||||
Simbad database (NAME Proxima Centauri )
10. 02 2022
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