Alpha Centauri system

/ sɛnˈtɔːrɪ /

noun

1. a star system comprising the binary star Alpha Centauri A and B and Proxima Centauri (also called Alpha Centauri C ), which is 0.1 light years closer to the sun. Visual magnitude: 0.01 (A), 1.33 (B); spectral type: G2V (A); distance from earth: 4.3 light years Also calledRigil Kent See also Proxima

Example Sentences

The group became stranded on a distant planet after their ship, the Jupiter 2, went off course en route to colonize a planet in the Alpha Centauri system.

From Los Angeles Times

Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf that is part of the three-star Alpha Centauri system, is our star’s closest neighbor, just four light-years away.

From New York Times

The small shoebox-sized telescope is being designed with a specific goal in mind: look for planets in the Alpha Centauri system, specifically any in its habitable zone, the starlight-warmed region in which liquid water could persist on a rocky world’s surface.

From Scientific American

“These types of high-risk missions have been really hard to sell to public funding agencies, because there’s a chance there is no planet in the Alpha Centauri system,” Guyon says, yet the potential rewards are great.

From Scientific American

Even if it does not detect anything, the mission will place useful constraints on the Alpha Centauri system.

From Scientific American