Is that the same as Proxima Centauri? ________________________________ From: David Bennett <dlbennett@mac.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 10:39 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Earth-Mass Planet Found in Nearest Star System Chuck, I think they mean that the star system is the closest to Sol...they do state that it is Alpha Centauri B in the article. Dave On Oct 16, 2012, at 1:50 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Is it orbiting the alpha binary system, or Proxima (the actual closest star to Sol)? On Oct 16, 2012 5:45 PM, "Wiggins Patrick" <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote:
Planet Found in Nearest Star System to Earth
ESO’s HARPS instrument finds Earth-mass exoplanet orbiting Alpha Centauri B
European astronomers have discovered a planet with about the mass of the Earth orbiting a star in the Alpha Centauri system — the nearest to Earth. It is also the lightest exoplanet ever discovered around a star like the Sun. The planet was detected using the HARPS instrument on the 3.6-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. The results will appear online in the journal Nature on 17 October 2012.
The release, images and videos are available on: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1241/
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