Earth ID: 4777

Proxima Centauri b Climate Model Scenarios

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi and Horace Mitchell Released on January 23, 2020

Proxima Centauri b is the closest exoplanet to Earth. It is only four light years away. NASA scientists studying this exoplanet have applied Earth system science models to generate several different scenarios of what Proxima Centauri b may actually be like. Here are four of those scenarios.

If the Earth were in Proxima b's location and the same distance from Proxima b's star and the Pacific Ocean was starside, things might look something like this.

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Visualization Credits

Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Lead Data Visualizer
Ernie Wright (USRA): Data Visualizer
Avi Mandell (NASA/GSFC): Lead Scientist
Gabrielle Engelmann-Suissa (USRA): Scientist
Anthony DelGenio (NASA/GSFC GISS): Lead Scientist
Claire Andreoli (NASA/GSFC): Lead Producer
LK Ward (USRA): Lead Video Editor
Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support

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Science Paper:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017arXiv170902051D/abstract

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Data Used:

NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) Downscaled Climate Projections (NEX-DCP30)

Model

https://cds.nccs.nasa.gov/nex/

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Keywords:
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> Astrophysics
SVS >> Star
NASA Science >> Earth
SVS >> Exoplanet
SVS >> Red Dwarf