Tuesday, 7 December 2021

Nearest Star

The Wikipedia online encyclopedia is my favourite website at the moment. It is a free to use service, I think they should try and sell merchandise to keep their funding secure. I have learnt a lot from it over the years. I was reading about the 'Alpha Centauri' star system. They are 3 stars that are all orbiting their common center of gravity, they are the closest stars to us, they are like a family. The Alpha Centauri star that is closest to us is called 'Proxima Centauri'. The two Centauri stars that are further away 'Centauri A' and 'Centauri B' are much bigger than Proxima Centauri. 

Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star and the star that is closest to us. It is the smallest star in the Centauri 3 star system. It is so dim that you need a telepscope to see it, even though it is the nearest star to us. 

When I read things like that, I get many thoughts in my head. If a star is so dim that a planet has to be  tidally locked to have a warm climate then what about planets that are much better a trapping heat. What would a Venus like planet be like orbiting Proxima? I thought that if a planet can trap more heat than it realeases then it could still be further away. 

What do you think of Proxima Centauri and it's two companion stars? This is the article... Proxima Centauri

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