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Alpha Centauri system

British

/ sɛnˈtɔːrɪ /

noun

Also called: Rigil Kent. a star system comprising the binary star Alpha Centauri A and B and Proxima Centauri (also called Alpha Centauri C ), which is 0.1 light years closer to the sun. Visual magnitude: 0.01 (A), 1.33 (B); spectral type: G2V (A); distance from earth: 4.3 light years See also Proxima

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Alpha Centauri system

The group became stranded on a distant planet after their ship, the Jupiter 2, went off course en route to colonize a planet in the Alpha Centauri system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2023

Even if it does not detect anything, the mission will place useful constraints on the Alpha Centauri system.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 17, 2021

The only stars closer are the triplet stars of the Alpha Centauri system, which is mainly visible in the southern sky.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2018

The two stars of the Alpha Centauri system are both similar to the sun, the closest such stars at 4.37 light-years away.

From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2016

The complex interactions of the three stars in the Alpha Centauri system would make the search for a low-mass companion there very difficult.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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