Proxima Centauri b
CategoryExoplanet
SystemProxima Centauri
Orbital Period11.2 days
About Proxima Centauri b
The closest known exoplanet to Earth at 4.24 light-years. Orbits in the habitable zone of its star. About 1.17 times Earths mass. Its star is a red dwarf that produces violent stellar flares. May be tidally locked with one side always facing the star. The nearest potentially habitable world.
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