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  2. Alpha Centauri - Wikipedia

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    Alpha Centauri C is about 13,000 AU (0.21 ly; 1.9 × 10 ^ 12 km) from Alpha Centauri AB, equivalent to about 5% of the distance between Alpha Centauri AB and the Sun. [17] [57] [69] Until 2017, measurements of its small speed and its trajectory were of too little accuracy and duration in years to determine whether it is bound to Alpha Centauri ...

  3. List of nearest stars - Wikipedia

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    The closest system is Alpha Centauri, with Proxima Centauri as the closest star in that system, at 4.2465 light-years from Earth. The brightest, most massive and most luminous object among those 131 is Sirius A , which is also the brightest star in Earth's night sky ; its white dwarf companion Sirius B is the hottest object among them.

  4. List of nearest stars by spectral type - Wikipedia

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    The Alpha Centauri star system is the closest star system to the Sun. List of nearest M-type stars. This is a list of M-type stars ...

  5. Proxima Centauri - Wikipedia

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    Proxima Centauri is a member of the Alpha Centauri star system, being identified as component Alpha Centauri C, and is 2.18° to the southwest of the Alpha Centauri AB pair. It is currently 12,950 AU (0.2 ly ) from AB, which it orbits with a period of about 550,000 years.

  6. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri - Wikipedia

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    Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri is a 4X video game, considered a spiritual sequel to the Civilization series.Set in a science fiction depiction of the 22nd century, the game begins as seven competing ideological factions land on the planet Chiron ("Planet") in the Alpha Centauri star system.

  7. Centaurus - Wikipedia

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    Alpha Centauri is a triple star system composed of a binary system orbited by Proxima Centauri, currently the nearest star to the Sun. Traditionally called Rigil Kentaurus (from Arabic رجل قنطورس, meaning "foot of the centaur") or Toliman (from Arabic الظليمين meaning "two male ostriches"), the system has an overall magnitude ...

  8. Category:Fiction set around Alpha Centauri - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Fiction set around Alpha Centauri" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  9. Alpha Centauri (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Alpha Centauri (or α Cen) is a star system and the collective name of three stars in that system. The individual stars are named Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B, and Proxima Centauri. Alpha Centauri may also refer to: Alpha Centauri (Doctor Who), an alien in Doctor Who; Alpha Centauri (horse) (foaled 2015), Irish-trained thoroughbred racehorse