Luminosity : 0.0LSun Summary Top Proxima Centauri Facts Top Proxima Centauri, also known asAlpha Centauri Cis ared dwarfmain sequencestar located in the constellation ofCentaurus, The Centaur. Proxima is part of amultiple star systemconsisting of three stars. ...
Regarding the primary components, Alpha Centauri A and B bear a striking resemblance to our Sun in terms of size, mass, and temperature [4,12]. Alpha Centauri A is about 10% more massive (𝑀A=1.0788𝑀⊙MA=1.0788M⊙), whilst Alpha Centauri B is around 90% as massive as the Sun...
Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to Earth and is made up of three stars and several exoplanets. We explore our stellar neighbors in more detail here.
ALPHA CENTAURI Ais close to our sun in age and luminosity. Alpha Centauri A and B orbit closely to each other. ALPHA CENTAURI Bis smaller and dimmer than our sun. But it’s still not too different from our sun. ALPHA CENTAURI C (PROXIMA CENTAURI)is a smaller red dwarf star with a muc...
The third group member is the red dwarf, Proxima Centauri. With an apparent magnitude of +11.1, it requires a small to medium size scope to be seen. The star has a diameter of about 200,000 kilometres (120,000 miles) and therefore is much smaller than the Sun. If placed at the centr...