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Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star (eso1629) — ESO Press Releases
- Key
- eso2016proxima
- Authors
- European Southern Observatory
- Issued
- 2016-8-24
- Type
- webpage
- Container
- ESO Press Releases
Raw CSL JSON
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"URL": "https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1629/",
"type": "webpage",
"title": "Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star (eso1629)",
"author": [
{
"literal": "European Southern Observatory"
}
],
"issued": {
"date-parts": [
[
2016,
8,
24
]
]
},
"accessed": {
"date-parts": [
[
2026,
11,
5
]
]
},
"container-title": "ESO Press Releases"
}
Claims
-
Proxima b, found by measuring Doppler shifts in Proxima Centauri's light, has at least 1.3 Earth masses, orbits about 7 million km from its star every 11.2 days, and lies within the star's habitable zone. Its surface may be strongly affected by ultraviolet and X-ray flares, and one side probably faces the star permanently.
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