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Artist's impression of the planet orbiting Proxima Centauri

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-exo99-30502

Image Size 300 DPI: 30 * 19 cm

This artist’s impression shows a view 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. 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.

Keywords for this photo:

2016 - ALIEN - ALIEN EARTH - ALPHA CENTAURI - ASTRONOMY - CENTAURUS - DOUBLE STAR - EARTH-LIKE PLANET - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE - FLARE STAR - HABITABLE ZONE - ILLUSTRATION - PLANET - PROXIMA B - PROXIMA CENTAURI - RED DWARF - STAR -