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Note that this is the second planet found around Proxima Centauri. The first one is only 1.3 Earth masses and sits 0.05 AU away from the sun, which puts it in t
by skykooler 7y ago
Note that this is the second planet found around Proxima Centauri. The first one is only 1.3 Earth masses and sits 0.05 AU away from the sun, which puts it in the potential habitable zone.
- exdsq 7y ago0.05 AU seems dangerously close to the sun?
- ceejayoz 7y agoNot for a tiny, weak star like Proxima Centauri. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri_b https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri_b > The host star, with about an eighth of the mass of the Sun, has a habitable zone between ∼0.0423–0.0816 AU.
- exdsq 7y agoI didn’t know that! Thanks :)