A 2nd #Planet has been Confirmed for #Proxima #Centauri

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A 2nd Planet has been Confirmed for Proxima Centauri


Our closest stellar neighbour is Proxima Centauri, a small red dwarf star about 4.2 light years away from us. It’s the third member of the Alpha Centauri group, and even though it’s so close, it can’t be seen with the naked eye. In 2016 astronomers discovered a planet orbiting Proxima Centuari, named Proxima Centauri b. That planet was confirmed only a few days ago.

Now, astronomers have confirmed the existence of a second planet, Proxima Centauri c.

The presence of this second planet was reported in a paper back in April. That paper is titled “A Preliminary Mass for Proxima Centauri C*.” It was published in Research Notes of the AAS. Fritz Benedict, lead author of the work, recently presented these results at the 236th meeting of the American Astronomical Society.




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