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  2. Fictional universe of Avatar - Wikipedia

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    In the film, Pandora is depicted as being located in the Alpha Centauri A system, 4.37 ly from Earth. It is one of the many natural satellites orbiting the gas giant Polyphemus, [3] named for the Polyphemus of Greek mythology.

  3. Avatar (franchise) - Wikipedia

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    Avatar is set in the mid-22nd century on Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system. The films' central conflict is between the indigenous Na'vi led by Jake Sully and Neytiri , and humans led by Colonel Miles Quaritch from the Resources Development Administration (RDA) , a megacorp which has arrived on ...

  4. Avatar (2009 film) - Wikipedia

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    Avatar is a 2009 epic science fiction film co-produced, co-edited, written, ... a lush habitable moon orbiting a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system.

  5. 'Starshot' plan gets probes to Alpha Centauri in your lifetime

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    If all goes well, the observers would reach the relatively close-by system (4.4 light years away) within 20 years of leaving Earth. 'Starshot' plan gets probes to Alpha Centauri in your lifetime ...

  6. Alpha Centauri - Wikipedia

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    α Centauri (Latinised to Alpha Centauri) is the system's designation given by J. Bayer in 1603. It belongs to the constellation Centaurus, named after the half human, half horse creature in Greek mythology. Heracles accidentally wounded the centaur and placed him in the sky after his death. Alpha Centauri marks the right front hoof of the ...

  7. List of nearest stars by spectral type - Wikipedia

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    The star at the centre of the Solar System. Alpha Centauri A (Rigil Kentaurus) 4.344 ± 0.002: G2V [52] 1.2175 ± 0.0055 [53] 1.0788 ± 0.0029 [53] 0.01 [54] 4.38 [55] It is the 2nd/3rd nearest individual star to the Solar System, and the fourth-brightest individual star in the night sky. Has one candidate exoplanet. Tau Ceti: 11.912 ± 0.007 ...

  8. Avatar Flight of Passage - Wikipedia

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    Alpha Centauri Expeditions (ACE) has reactivated the avatar program through the Pandora Conservation Initiative as a method of conducting research, and allows guests to link with an avatar to fly on an Ikran (known to humans as a "Banshee") to partake in the Na'vi's tribal coming-of-age tradition. [7]

  9. Encounter with Tiber - Wikipedia

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    The narrator is a historian who is part of a mission to the Alpha Centauri system, the home system of the aliens. As all crew members were required to bring several projects to work on, due to the decades long nature of the mission, she spends her time writing biographies of several family members who were closely involved in the acquisition of ...