Proxima Centauri
Noun
Meaning
the nearest star to the sun; distance: 4.3 light years
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Examples
At this rate, a journey to Proxima Centauri would take 80,000 years. citation Required energy A significant factor contributing to the difficulty is the energy that must be supplied to obtain a reasonable travel time.
A third companion— Proxima Centauri (or Proxima or α Cen C )—has a distance much greater than the observed separation between stars A and B and is probably gravitationally associated with the AB system.
"The Salish Sea Walk of the Planets" name symbolizes the fictional journey of the Coast Salish riding inbound inside a long period Comet from Proxima Centauri to Earth many thousands of years ago.
Named Proxima b, the exoplanet candidate orbits Proxima Centauri - a red dwarf that lies within the Alpha Centauri star system in the constellation Centaurus.
Proxima Centauri b is only 4.2 light years out.
Since I’m a glutton for punishment, I calculated the distance to Proxima Centauri at this scale.