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ID: 4780
Where is Proxima B?
Visualizations by
Alex Kekesi
Released on January 23, 2020
Proxima B, the nearest exoplanet to Earth (only four light years away), is located in the Southern sky just south of Centaurus and left of the Southern Cross.
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Visualization Credits
Alex Kekesi
(Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
Ernie Wright
(USRA): Data Visualizer
Avi Mandell
(NASA/GSFC): Lead Scientist
Gabrielle Engelmann-Suissa
(USRA): 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
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
Science Paper:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017arXiv170902051D/abstract
Short URL to share this page:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4780
Keywords:
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> Astrophysics
SVS >> Star
SVS >> Astronomy >> Constellations >> Southern Cross
NASA Science >> Earth
SVS >> Exoplanet
SVS >> Red Dwarf
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