Proxima Centauri b

Summary

Proxima Centauri b is an exoplanet^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.17% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,115 views/month, #1 of 578).^[2]

Key Facts

• Proxima Centauri b's video is recorded as Artist's impression of the planet orbiting Proxima Centauri.ogv^[3].
• Proxima Centauri b's image is recorded as Artist’s impression of Proxima Centauri b shown hypothetically as an arid rocky super-earth.jpg^[4].
• Proxima Centauri b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].
• Proxima Centauri b's constellation is recorded as Centaurus^[6].
• Proxima Centauri b's Commons category is recorded as Proxima Centauri b^[7].
• Proxima Centauri b's parent astronomical body is recorded as Proxima Centauri^[8].
• Proxima Centauri b's catalog code is recorded as Proxima b^[9].
• Proxima Centauri b's catalog code is recorded as Proxima Centauri b^[10].
• Proxima Centauri b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 388857263b^[11].
• Proxima Centauri b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2016-08-24T00:00:00Z^[12].
• Proxima Centauri b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2016-08-00T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Proxima Centauri b's discovery method is recorded as Doppler spectroscopy^[14].
• Proxima Centauri b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.02'}^[15].
• Proxima Centauri b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'Q681996', 'amount': '+1.07'}^[16].
• Proxima Centauri b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q651336', 'amount': '+0.00337'}^[17].
• Proxima Centauri b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+11.1868'}^[18].
• Proxima Centauri b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+768.5004'}^[19].
• Proxima Centauri b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.04856'}^[20].
• Proxima Centauri b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+3.3'}^[21].
• Proxima Centauri b's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11c1nl37gs^[22].
• Proxima Centauri b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NAME Proxima Centauri b^[23].
• Proxima Centauri b's NE.se ID is recorded as proxima-b^[24].
• Proxima Centauri b's Quora topic ID is recorded as Proxima-Centauri-B^[25].
• Proxima Centauri b's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "ProximaCenb"]^[26].
• Proxima Centauri b's Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID is recorded as proxima_centauri_b--4042^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Proxima Centauri b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet^[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include Proxima b^[9], Proxima Centauri b^[10], and TIC 388857263b^[11].

Why It Matters

Proxima Centauri b ranks in the top 0.17% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,115 views/month, #1 of 578).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]