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Planet Found in Habitable Zone Around Nearest Star (eso1629) — ESO Press Releases

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eso2016proxima
Authors
European Southern Observatory
Issued
2016-8-24
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webpage
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ESO Press Releases
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Claims

  1. 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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