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  2. List of nearest stars - Wikipedia

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    The closest encounter to the Sun so far predicted is the low-mass orange dwarf star Gliese 710 / HIP 89825 with roughly 60% the mass of the Sun. [4] It is currently predicted to pass 0.1696 ± 0.0065 ly (10 635 ± 500 au) from the Sun in 1.290 ± 0.04 million years from the present, close enough to significantly disturb the Solar System's Oort ...

  3. List of solar thermal power stations - Wikipedia

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    Hybrid solar power with combination of 600 MW solar PV and 200 MW solar thermal with 5h heat storage [114] [115] Tamarugal Solar Project Chile: Atacama Desert, Chile: 450: Three solar power towers with 13h heat storage [116] Likana Solar Project Chile: Antofagasta 390: Three solar power towers with 13h heat storage [117] Copiapó Solar Project ...

  4. Joshua 9 - Wikipedia

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    Joshua 9 is the ninth chapter of the Book of Joshua in the Hebrew Bible or in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to Joshua, with additions by the high priests Eleazar and Phinehas, [2] [3] but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to ...

  5. List of nearest terrestrial exoplanet candidates - Wikipedia

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    On August 24, 2016, astronomers announced the discovery of a rocky 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 of Earth and has an orbital period of roughly 11.2 Earth days. [ 10 ]

  6. Solar analog - Wikipedia

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    Solar-type stars, solar analogs (also analogues), and solar twins are stars that are particularly similar to the Sun. The stellar classification is a hierarchy with solar twin being most like the Sun followed by solar analog and then solar-type. [ 1 ]

  7. Solar project to destroy thousands of Joshua trees in the ...

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    A renewable energy company will soon begin clearing thousands of protected Joshua trees just outside this desert town, including many thought to be a century old, to make way for a sprawling solar ...

  8. Alpha Centauri - Wikipedia

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    Though not visible to the naked eye, Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun at a distance of 4.24 ly (1.30 pc), slightly closer than α Centauri AB. Currently, the distance between Proxima Centauri and α Centauri AB is about 13,000 AU (0.21 ly), [ 17 ] equivalent to about 430 times the radius of Neptune's orbit.

  9. As California's climate grows ever more hostile, a Joshua ...

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    The department is also working with the solar project in the Mojave Desert near Boron to conserve more than 80,000 acres of Joshua tree habitat, according to the company.