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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
Habitable Zone: 0.033 ~ 0.088AU
HIP HIP 70890
Known Planets: 1
Constellation: Centaurus
Planet Proxima Cen b
Classification: Warm Terran
Last update: 2023-05-15
MASS
0.003 xJ
RADIUS
0.092 xJ
ORBITAL PERIOD
11.1868 days
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS
0.04856 AU
ECCENTRICITY
0.02
DISTANCE
1.3 parsec
ESCAPE VELOCITY
1.019 Earth=1
GRAVITY
1.009 Earth=1
DENSITY
0.678 Earth=1
STELLAR FLUX
231.18 Earth=1
EQUILIBRIUM
no dataESI
0.86 Earth=1
DISCOVERED
in 2016
METHOD
Radial Velocity
FACILITY
European Southern Observatory
Orbit
Star Chart
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)
