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  2. Proxima Centauri - Wikipedia

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    Proxima Centauri has a relatively large proper motion—moving 3.85 arcseconds per year across the sky. [53] It has a radial velocity towards the Sun of 22.2 km/s. [5] From Proxima Centauri, the Sun would appear as a bright 0.4-magnitude star in the constellation Cassiopeia, similar to that of Achernar or Procyon from Earth. [nb 6]

  3. List of nearest stars by spectral type - Wikipedia

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    Proxima Centauri is the closest M-type star to the Earth. ... This is a list of M-type stars within 13 light years. Name Distance ... (149,600,000 km) G2V 1 -26.74 [117]

  4. Solar radius - Wikipedia

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    Solar radius is a unit of distance used to express the size of ... methods had been overestimated by approximately 300 km (190 mi). ... Proxima Centauri: 0.1542 [17 ...

  5. List of nearest stars - Wikipedia

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    The closest system is Alpha Centauri, with Proxima Centauri as the closest star in that system, at 4.2465 light-years from Earth. The brightest, most massive and most luminous object among those 131 is Sirius A , which is also the brightest star in Earth's night sky ; its white dwarf companion Sirius B is the hottest object among them.

  6. Proxima Centauri b - Wikipedia

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    Proxima Centauri b is the closest exoplanet to Earth, [20] at a distance of about 4.2 ly (1.3 parsecs). [5] It orbits Proxima Centauri every 11.186 Earth days at a distance of about 0.049 AU, [1] over 20 times closer to Proxima Centauri than Earth is to the Sun. [21] As of 2021, it is unclear whether it has an eccentricity [e] [24] but Proxima Centauri b is unlikely to have any obliquity. [25]

  7. A High-Energy Proton Beam Could Finally Connect Us to Proxima ...

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    The closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri (PC), is still about 8000 times further away from us than Pluto. Propelling a probe to PC will require a much higher cruising speed than we can ...

  8. List of Solar System objects by greatest aphelion - Wikipedia

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    'Oumuamua had an incoming V inf of 26.5 kilometres per second (59,000 mph), but due to its low perihelion distance of only 0.255 au, it had an eccentricity of 1.200. However, Borisov's V inf was only slightly higher, at 32.3 km/s (72,000 mph), but due to its higher perihelion distance of ~2.003 au, its eccentricity was a comparably higher 3.340.

  9. Akaa Solar System Scale Model - Wikipedia

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    Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star and the nearest star to the Solar System. It is located 4.24 light-years away. Within the model's scale, it has a diameter of about 72 mm and is located 13 370 km away from Akaa. This ground distance takes it in the middle of Australia and near the famous Ayers Rock / Uluru.