Proxima
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- proper noun
- /ˈprɒksɪmə/
- Specialized
- A third star, known as Proxima Centauri, orbits these two stars from the outer reaches of their solar system.
- Proxima Centauri
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Watch on YouTubeAnd that's, that's the kind of infrared radiation that the the star Proxima Centauri is mostly emitting.
- And that's, that's the kind of infrared radiation that the the star Proxima Centauri is mostly emitting.
- Four times further than that, you get to the nearest star, the Proxima Centauri, the Alpha Centauri system.
- That means Proxima Centauri, part of the Alpha Centauri triple star system, could be within the range of such a device.
- And so there's it's a multiple star system and the nearest star in that star system is called Proxima Century.
Examples
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Proxima Centauri is an M5.5Ve star, or a cool red dwarf with emission lines.
Academic text (2005) -
The faint red star in the center of the red circle is Proxima Centauri.
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And perhaps be able to make an opacity map of Proxima B, the planet around the very nearest star to us.
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And Proxima Centauri, the star nearest to the Sun, is a half million miles away.
Academic text (1998) -
So the nearest stars to us, our very nearest neighbors, Proxima Centauri and it's light takes four years to reach us.
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Proxima Centauri is actually the closest star to our sun, at 4.24 light years.
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And the nearest star to Earth (okay, second nearest) is Proxima Centauri, at 4.2 light years away.
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Until recently, though, no planets were known to orbit any of the trio of stars—Proxima Centauri, Alpha Centauri A, and Alpha Centauri B—nearest the sun.
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The nearest star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri, is located about 4.3 light-years away from Earth.
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Scientists are excited about the potential for life on Proxima B, which orbits the closest star to our Sun.
Synonyms
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8.2
The closest star to the Sun, about 4.3 light-years away in the southern sky
Surface Forms
Etymology
Proxima comes from the Latin root proxim- meaning 'nearest'. You can see the same root in the English word proximity, which means 'nearness'. That's why the star Proxima has this name — it is the closest known star to the Sun.