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A new exoplanet found near Proxima Centauri



"This artist’s impression shows a close-up view of Proxima d, a planet candidate recently found orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. The planet is believed to be rocky and to have a mass of about a quarter of Earth. Two other planets known to orbit Proxima Centauri are visible in the image too: Proxima b, a planet with about the same mass as Earth that orbits the star every 11 days and is within the habitable zone, and candidate Proxima c, which is on a longer five-year orbit around the star. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada "(ScitechDaily/New Planet Detected Nearby – Orbiting Around Star Closest to the Sun)


This is one of the most amazing things in history. A new exoplanet has found the star system that is closest to our Sun. It's also the lightest found exoplanet. 

The planet is named Proxima d and that is one of the biggest things in history. That planet is not confirmed yet.  The distance between the Sun and Proxima Centauri is about 4,25 light-years. And that means that the star is very close to us. And the new exoplanet is telling that there are lots of things to find even close to our sun. 

Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star that orbits the Alpha Centauri system. There are already two known planets orbiting that star. And that means there could be more exoplanets in the Alpha Centauri system. Probably the James Webb telescope can find the first exoplanet. That orbits the Alpha Centauri itself. The Proxima Centauri or Alpha Centauri C is much smaller to our sun. But it's heavier than Jupiter. And that means it could "steal" planets from Alpha Centauri. 




Computers detected Proxima b from old data of the Hubble telescope. And that thing means that there might be lots of data that involves many interesting things. The detection of those planets happened in 2016 and 2020. 

When we compare that thing with the Gliese 581 system. We might wonder why astronomers found Gliese 581 planetary system in 2010? The distance between Earth and Gliese 581 is 20 light-years. So why the exoplanets that locate 4,25 light-years are harder to detect than those exoplanets of the Gliese system? 

Does the brightness of the Alpha Centauri system cover those planets? The fact is that those exoplanets are fascinating. And there is the possibility that there is some kind of primitive lifeforms on those planets. Those organisms might be like some kind of fungus that lives at the border of light and darkness at those locked planets. But that is only vision. 


https://scitechdaily.com/new-planet-detected-nearby-orbiting-around-star-closest-to-the-sun/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri


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