Proxima Cen, una estrella M5.5 V, tiene 2 planetas confirmados.
Medido
Distancia
unos 4.2 años luz
Tipo espectral de la estrella
M5.5 V
Planetas confirmados
2
Distancia al Sol
Acerca de 4.2 años luz. Para cruzarlo:
Luz4.2 años
Velocidad de la Voyager 174,600 años
Conduciendo a 100 km/h45.3 millones de años
La Voyager 1 a la velocidad con la que se alejó durante el año hasta 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Conduciendo: sin parar, sin repostar nunca.
Datos
Proxima Cen d tiene una temperatura de equilibrio de entre −50 y +50 °C.
Cómo se descubrió
Primer planeta descubierto en 2016, por velocidad radial (NASA Exoplanet Archive).
Sus planetas
Proxima Cen b — 1 times Earth's width (estimated from its mass, not measured), about Earth-sized — probably rocky; its year lasts 11 days; about −55 °C, below freezing; found in 2016 by radial velocity.
Proxima Cen d — 0.7 times Earth's width (estimated from its mass, not measured), smaller than the Earth; its year lasts 5 days; about 9 °C, between freezing and boiling; found in 2025 by radial velocity.
NASA Exoplanet Archive, Planetary Systems Composite Parameters (fetched 2026-11-02). Composite values: where a planet's size or mass was not measured, the archive estimates it from the other.
This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with NASA under the Exoplanet Exploration Program.