Proxima Centauri (Q14266)

astrophysical X-ray source

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MSC - a catalogue of physical multiple stars

high proper-motion star

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eruptive variable star

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rotating variable star

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C

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https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/

inception

4850 million years BCE

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Pròxima del Centaure (centre de la imatge) vist pel [[Telescopi Espacial Hubble|Hubble]] (Catalan)

Proxima Centauri fel y'i gwelir gan delesgop Hubble (Welsh)

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official name

Proxima Centauri (English)

IPA transcription

/ˈprɒksɪmə sɛnˈtɔːraɪ/

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reference URL

retrieved

26 May 2024

archive URL

https://web.archive.org/web/20200411104839/https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/

archive date

11 April 2020

catalog code

2MASS J14294291-6240465

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HIP 70890

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IRAS 14260-6227

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GJ 551

Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars

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1ES 1426-62.4

Einstein Slew survey, Version No. 1

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The second Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer source catalog

1RXS J142947.9-624058

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2EUVE J1429-62.6

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CCDM J14396-6050C

Catalog of Components of Double and Multiple Stars

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CSV 2142

Catalogue of suspected variable stars

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EUVE J1429-62.6

The first Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer source catalog

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EUVE J1430-62.6

The first Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer source catalog

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HIC 70890

Hipparcos Input Catalogue

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JP11 5155

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JP11 5156

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JP11 5187

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LFT 1110

Luyten Five-Tenths catalogue

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LHS 49

Luyten Half-Second catalogue

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LPM 526

Luyten Proper-Motion catalogue

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LTT 5721

Luyten Two-Tenths catalogue

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NLTT 37460

New Luyten Two-Tenths catalogue

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PLX 3278

General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes

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PLX 3278.00

General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes

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V645 Cen

General Catalogue of Variable Stars

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WDS J14396-6050C

Catalogs of proper-motion stars. I. Stars brighter than visual magnitude 15 and with annual proper motion of 1" or more

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Zkh 211

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PM J14297-6240

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Ci 20 861

Catalogue of proper motion stars

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PM 14263-6228

Catalogs of proper-motion stars. I. Stars brighter than visual magnitude 15 and with annual proper motion of 1" or more

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[GKL99] 301

Catalogue and bibliography of the UV Cet-type flare stars and related objects in the solar vicinity

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RX J1429.7-6240

X-ray survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud by ROSAT

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PMSC 14328-6025C

MSC - a catalogue of physical multiple stars

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Gaia DR2 5853498713160606720

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Gaia DR3 5853498713190525696

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TIC 388857263

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1.9

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https://ru.wikipedia.org/?oldid=105510453

discoverer or inventor

Robert T. A. Innes

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time of discovery or invention

1915

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constellation

Centaurus

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based on heuristic

inferred from equatorial coordinates

companion of

Alpha Centauri A

A

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Alpha Centauri B

B

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child astronomical body

Proxima Centauri b

reason for deprecated rank

b

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inferred from

Proxima Centauri b

Proxima

fictional speculation

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Proxima Centauri d

d

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distance from Earth

1.3012±0.0003 parsec

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1.295 parsec

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Perturbation of compact planetary systems by distant giant planets

1.3019±5 parsec

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stellar rotational velocity

2.7±0.3 kilometre per second

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Search for associations containing young stars (SACY). I. Sample and searching method

Brown Dwarf Companions to G-Type Stars. I. Gliese 417B and Gliese 584C

0±0.3 kilometre per second

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2.18 degree

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page(s)

2

parallax

768.7±0.3 milliarcsecond

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768.5004±0.203 milliarcsecond

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768.13±1.04 milliarcsecond

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The solar neighborhood. XXXIV. a search for planets orbiting nearby M dwarfs using astrometry

769.8±6.1 milliarcsecond

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The General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes, Fourth Edition

771.64±2.6 milliarcsecond

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Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction

772.33±2.42 milliarcsecond

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The HIPPARCOS Catalogue

768.0665±0.0499 milliarcsecond

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769.66±0.83 milliarcsecond

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The Solar Neighborhood XLIV: RECONS Discoveries within 10 parsecs

declination component of proper motion

796.9±8.4 milliarcsecond per year

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The AllWISE motion survey, part 2

769.766±0.189 milliarcsecond per year

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826.9±0.6 milliarcsecond per year

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The solar neighborhood. XXXIV. a search for planets orbiting nearby M dwarfs using astrometry

765.54±2.01 milliarcsecond per year

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Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction

768.16±1.82 milliarcsecond per year

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The HIPPARCOS Catalogue

769±1 milliarcsecond per year

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Southern very low mass stars and brown dwarfs in wide binary and multiple systems

870 milliarcsecond per year

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A catalogue of 1474 stars with proper motion exceeding .4"/year

772 milliarcsecond per year

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A Catalogue of 1849 Stars with Proper Motions greater than 0"5 annually (LHS)

769.465±0.051 milliarcsecond per year

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833.1±0.7 milliarcsecond per year

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The Solar Neighborhood XLIV: RECONS Discoveries within 10 parsecs

right ascension component of proper motion

−3,723±8.4 milliarcsecond per year

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The AllWISE motion survey, part 2

−3,781.306±0.085 milliarcsecond per year

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−3,761±0.6 milliarcsecond per year

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The solar neighborhood. XXXIV. a search for planets orbiting nearby M dwarfs using astrometry

−3,775.75±1.63 milliarcsecond per year

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Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction

−3,775.64±1.52 milliarcsecond per year

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The HIPPARCOS Catalogue

−3,775±2 milliarcsecond per year

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Southern very low mass stars and brown dwarfs in wide binary and multiple systems

−3,750 milliarcsecond per year

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A catalogue of 1474 stars with proper motion exceeding .4"/year

−3,730 milliarcsecond per year

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A Catalogue of 1849 Stars with Proper Motions greater than 0"5 annually (LHS)

−3,781.741±0.031 milliarcsecond per year

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−3,758±0.4 milliarcsecond per year

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The Solar Neighborhood XLIV: RECONS Discoveries within 10 parsecs

radial velocity

−22.4±0.5 kilometre per second

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Search for associations containing young stars (SACY). I. Sample and searching method

−22.4 kilometre per second

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Search for associations containing young stars (SACY). I. Sample and searching method

−20.578199±0.004684 kilometre per second

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APOGEE Data and Spectral Analysis from SDSS Data Release 16: Seven Years of Observations Including First Results from APOGEE-South

−20.578199±0.00468 kilometre per second

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APOGEE Data and Spectral Analysis from SDSS Data Release 16: Seven Years of Observations Including First Results from APOGEE-South

type of variable star

flare star

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General Catalogue of Variable Stars, 3rd ed.

rotating variable star

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Rotation periods of late-type dwarf stars from time series high-resolution spectroscopy of chromospheric indicators

New Rotation Period Measurements for M Dwarfs in the Southern Hemisphere: An Abundance of Slowly Rotating, Fully Convective Stars

BY Draconis variable

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The first INTEGRAL-OMC catalogue of optically variable sources

spectral class

M6Ve

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Search for associations containing young stars (SACY). I. Sample and searching method

M7e

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Trumpeting M dwarfs with CONCH-SHELL: a catalogue of nearby cool host-stars for habitable exoplanets and life

M5V

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The solar neighborhood. XXXIV. a search for planets orbiting nearby M dwarfs using astrometry

M5.5V

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The Solar Neighborhood. VI. New Southern Nearby Stars Identified by Optical Spectroscopy

The Palomar/MSU Nearby-Star Spectroscopic Survey. I. The Northern M Dwarfs -Bandstrengths and Kinematics

Me

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Proxima Centauri

M5.5Ve

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The late-M dwarfs

M5.5

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The effective temperature scale of M dwarfs

M

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M4.5

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HADES RV programme with HARPS-N at TNG. XII. The abundance signature of M dwarf stars with planets

The solar neighborhood. XXXI. Discovery of an unusual red+white dwarf binary at ~25 pc via astrometry and UV imaging

11.13

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The solar neighborhood. XXXI. Discovery of an unusual red+white dwarf binary at ~25 pc via astrometry and UV imaging

14.21

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The solar neighborhood. XXXI. Discovery of an unusual red+white dwarf binary at ~25 pc via astrometry and UV imaging

12.95

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The solar neighborhood. XXXI. Discovery of an unusual red+white dwarf binary at ~25 pc via astrometry and UV imaging

9.45

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The solar neighborhood. XXXI. Discovery of an unusual red+white dwarf binary at ~25 pc via astrometry and UV imaging

7.41

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VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)

5.357±0.023

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VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)

4.835±0.057

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VizieR Online Data Catalog: 2MASS All-Sky Catalog of Point Sources (Cutri+ 2003)

4.384±0.033

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8.984749±0.002845

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luminosity

0.0017 solar luminosity

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Spanish Wikipedia

https://es.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Próxima_Centauri&oldid=123493706

absolute magnitude

15.49

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https://ru.wikipedia.org/?oldid=96064820

retrieved

23 March 2026

15.6

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Japanese Wikipedia

metallicity

155.5±4.5

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https://ru.wikipedia.org/?oldid=105510453

−0.04

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HADES RV programme with HARPS-N at TNG. XII. The abundance signature of M dwarf stars with planets

0.04

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Characterization of a sample of Southern M dwarfs using HARPS and X-shooter spectra

mass

0.123±0.001 solar mass

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0.12±0.015 solar mass

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Perturbation of compact planetary systems by distant giant planets

radius

0.145±0.011 solar radius

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First radius measurements of very low mass stars with the VLTI

0.141±0.021 solar radius

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Perturbation of compact planetary systems by distant giant planets

diameter

200,000±1 kilometre

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217.42893212396 degree

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Gaia Data Release 3

declination

−62.67948924884 degree

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Gaia Data Release 3

effective temperature

2,883 kelvin

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Trumpeting M dwarfs with CONCH-SHELL: a catalogue of nearby cool host-stars for habitable exoplanets and life

3,054 kelvin

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Stellar diameters and temperatures. II. Main-sequence K- and M-stars

reason for deprecated rank

2,900 kelvin

item/value with less precision and/or accuracy

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The effective temperature scale of M dwarfs

3,295.5±42.8333 kelvin

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3,306 kelvin

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HADES RV programme with HARPS-N at TNG. XII. The abundance signature of M dwarf stars with planets

2,810 kelvin

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Characterization of a sample of Southern M dwarfs using HARPS and X-shooter spectra

3,050±100 kelvin

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Perturbation of compact planetary systems by distant giant planets

surface gravity

100,000 centimetre per square second

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The effective temperature scale of M dwarfs

112,000 centimetre per square second

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HADES RV programme with HARPS-N at TNG. XII. The abundance signature of M dwarf stars with planets

39,000 centimetre per square second

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Characterization of a sample of Southern M dwarfs using HARPS and X-shooter spectra

age estimated by a dating method

4,850,000,000 year

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https://ru.wikipedia.org/?oldid=120161185

different from

Q127700654

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Commons category

Proxima Centauri

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Category:Proxima Centauri

English Wikipedia

topic's main category

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Identifiers

ARICNS

01140

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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID

place/Proxima-Centauri

Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)

Proxima Centauri

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66198

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Fandom article ID

space:Proxima_Centauri

de.james-camerons-avatar:Alpha_Centauri_C

Proxima Centauri

language of work or name

English

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ru.james-camerons-avatar:Альфа_Центавра_C

Alpha Centauri C

language of work or name

German

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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID

Альфа Центавра C

language of work or name

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28 October 2013

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Proxima_Centauri

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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)

3179853

Hrvatska enciklopedija ID

ПРОКСИМА

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69123

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Interlingual Index ID

i86017

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Larousse ID

divers/Proxima/139727

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NASA Exoplanet Archive ID

Proxima Cen

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Online PWN Encyclopedia ID

3962976

https://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/Proxima;3962976.html

Proxima

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reference URL

Pixiv Encyclopedia ID

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NAME Proxima Centauri

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Vikidia article ID

it:Proxima_Centauri

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fr:Proxima_du_Centaure

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WikiKids ID

Proxima_Centauri

MediaWiki page ID

77294

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WordNet 3.1 Synset ID

09423065-n

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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)

1tbrMU