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ALPHA CENTAURI SYSTEM









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Proper Name
of Planet
Formal
Designation
Planetary Statistics
Planet's
Major Moons
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Planets of Alpha Centauri A
Distance from Earth: 26 trillion miles (4.396 light-years)
Star Type: G2V, yellow main-sequence star
Diameter of sun: 1,059,000 miles (1.2 Rsun)
Age of System: 6,520 million earth years

Pyroeis
Rigil Kentaurus I
  Hot Venusian World

Distance from sun: 73 million miles
Diameter: 4,914 miles (0.62 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 251.6 earth days (260 Phaethian days)
Solar Day: 47:52 earth hours
Gravity: 0.40 g
Axil Tilt: 13°
Moons: none

Phaethon
Rigil Kentaurus II
  Temperate Terrestrial World

Distance from sun: 143 million miles
Diameter: 8,346 miles (1.05 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 698.003 earth days (721.45 Phaethian days)
Solar Day: 23:13 earth hours
Gravity: 1.11 g
Axil Tilt: 32°
Moons: 3
Notes: 45% surface water
.......Colonised on December 25, 2136 A.D.
Aegiale
Aegle
Aetheria

Eos
Rigil Kentaurus III
  Icy Desert World

Distance from sun: 228 million miles
Diameter: 7,292 miles (0.92 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 3.83 earth years (2.004 Phaethian years)
Solar Day: 31:14 earth hours
Gravity: 0.89 g
Axil Tilt: 11°
Moons: 1
Neith

Planets of Alpha Centauri B
Distance from Alpha Centauri A: 1,050 to 3,330 million miles
Star Type: K1V, orange main-sequence star
Diameter of sun: 747,000 miles (0.86 Rsun)
Orbital Period: 79.9 earth years

Caliban
Rigil Kentaurus IV
  Hot Desert World

Distance from sun: 46 million miles
Diameter: 4,043 miles (0.51 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 125.3 earth days (130 Phaethian days)
Rotation Period: 78.8 earth days*
Gravity: 0.53 g
Axil Tilt: 42°
Moons: none

*Due to it's long rotation period and high axial tilt, the sun dances in the Calibanian skies over the course of its year. There is no consistant day pattern.

Sycorax
Rigil Kentaurus V
  Brown Carbon Planet

Distance from sun: 95 million miles
Diameter: 6,975 miles (0.88 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 376.3 earth days (389 Phaethian days)
Solar Day: 57:13 earth days
Gravity: 0.89 g
Axil Tilt: 29°
Moons: 2
Prospero
Setabos

Planet of Proxima Centauri
Distance from Alpha Centauri A and B: 1,209,000 million miles
Star Type: M2, red dwarf star
Diameter of sun: 126,000 miles (0.15 Rsun)
Orbital Period: aprox. 500,000 earth years

Proximo
Proxima Centauri I
  Temperate Sulphur World

Distance from sun: 15.8 million miles
Diameter: 5,469 miles (0.69 Earth's diameter)
Orbital Period: 73.31 days (76 Phaethian days)
Rotation Period: 73.31 days*
Gravity: 0.60 g
Axil Tilt: 2°
Moons: 2

*The same side of the planet always faces it's sun
Proximo I
Proximo II









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