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Loading contentA roughly Earth-mass planet in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, the nearest known exoplanet to the Solar System.
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Proxima Centauri b is an approximately Earth-mass planet in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun; it was announced in 2016 from radial-velocity measurements.
Source: NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC) — NASA Exoplanet Archive · Freely available; acknowledgement requested
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Guillem Anglada-Escudé & et al. · Nature 536, 437–440 · 2016
Nature · doi:10.1038/nature19106
Guillem Anglada-Escudé & et al. (2016). A terrestrial planet candidate in a temperate orbit around Proxima Centauri. Nature 536, 437–440. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature19106
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title = {A terrestrial planet candidate in a temperate orbit around Proxima Centauri},
author = {Guillem Anglada-Escudé and et al.},
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howpublished = {Nature 536, 437–440},
year = {2016},
doi = {10.1038/nature19106},
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note = {Discovery of Proxima Centauri b.}
}NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC)
NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC) (n.d.). Proxima Centauri b — NASA Exoplanet Archive. NASA Exoplanet Science Institute (Caltech/IPAC). https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/
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title = {Proxima Centauri b — NASA Exoplanet Archive},
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note = {Confirmed parameters and discovery references for Proxima Centauri b.}
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