Proxima Centauri
At a glance
- Type
- Star
- Distance
- Nearby (under 1,000 light years)
- Naked eye
- Only through a telescope
- Known since
- After 1900
- Colour
- Red
- Feature
- Nothing special
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun, about 4.2 light years away.
- A planet called Proxima b circles Proxima Centauri at a distance where water could stay liquid.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q14266 · All space objects · All entries