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Artist's impression of the planet orbiting Proxima Centauri
author: ESO/Novapix
reference: a-exo99-30501
Image Size 300 DPI: 67 * 44 cm
This artist’s impression shows a view of the surface of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. The double star Alpha Centauri AB also appears in the image to the upper-right of Proxima itself. Proxima b is a little more massive than the Earth and orbits in the habitable zone around Proxima Centauri, where the temperature is suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface.
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