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Star: Proxima Cen

Mass: 0.12  Sun=1

Radius: 0.14  Sun=1

Spectral Class: M5.5 V

Distance: 1.3 parsec

Temperature: 2900°K

HIP 70890

Known Planets: 1

Constellation: Centaurus

 

 

Planet: Proxima Cen b

Last update: 2023-05-15

 

MASS

0.00337 xJ

RADIUS

 

ORBITAL PERIOD

11.1868 days

SEMI-MAJOR AXIS

0.04856 AU

ECCENTRICITY

0.02

Flux

 

EQUILIBRIUM

217 °K (💻)


DISCOVERED

2016

METHOD

Radial Velocity

FACILITY

European Southern Observatory

 

 

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DSS Infrared Image radius 0.5° centered on the star.

 

Last update: 2023-05-15

Source: NASA Exoplanet Archive (exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu)
The Habitable Worlds Catalog (HWC), PHL @ UPR Arecibo (phl.upr.edu/hwc)