Proxima Centauri c

Summary

Proxima Centauri c is an unconfirmed exoplanet^[1]. It draws 315 Wikipedia views per month (unconfirmed_exoplanet category, ranking #2 of 19).^[2]

Key Facts

• Proxima Centauri c's image is recorded as Proxima Centauri in the southern constellation of Centaurus.tif^[3].
• Proxima Centauri c's instance of is recorded as unconfirmed exoplanet^[4].
• Proxima Centauri c's constellation is recorded as Centaurus^[5].
• Proxima Centauri c's Commons category is recorded as Proxima Centauri c^[6].
• Proxima Centauri c's parent astronomical body is recorded as Proxima Centauri^[7].
• Proxima Centauri c's catalog code is recorded as Proxima Centauri c^[8].
• Proxima Centauri c's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2019-04-00T00:00:00Z^[9].
• Proxima Centauri c's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy^[10].
• Proxima Centauri c's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0'}^[11].
• Proxima Centauri c's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+133'}^[12].
• Proxima Centauri c's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.0179'}^[13].
• Proxima Centauri c's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.0245'}^[14].
• Proxima Centauri c's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1928'}^[15].
• Proxima Centauri c's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+768.5004'}^[16].
• Proxima Centauri c's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+1.48'}^[17].
• Proxima Centauri c's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11h0_snl_7^[18].
• Proxima Centauri c's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NAME Proxima Centauri c^[19].
• Proxima Centauri c's Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID is recorded as proxima_centauri_c--7082^[20].
• Proxima Centauri c's NASA Exoplanet Archive ID is recorded as Proxima Cen c^[21].
• Proxima Centauri c's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+217.42893801442040'}^[22].
• Proxima Centauri c's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '-62.67949189414083'}^[23].
• Proxima Centauri c's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[24].
• Proxima Centauri c's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '+769.766'}^[25].
• Proxima Centauri c's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'Q22137107', 'amount': '-3781.306'}^[26].
• Proxima Centauri c's time of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2456202'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Proxima Centauri c's instance of is recorded as unconfirmed exoplanet^[4].

History and Context

Proxima Centauri c's catalog code is recorded as it^[8].

Why It Matters

Proxima Centauri c draws 315 Wikipedia views per month (unconfirmed_exoplanet category, ranking #2 of 19).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]