Proxima Centauri Comparison Table

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Proxima Centauri comparison table

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flare star M from the point of view of Earth's orbit red dwarf greater than 0.08 the sun's mass Stars undergoing erratic jumps in brightness (up to a few magnitudes) on time scales of the order of minutes. During the quiescent phase the spectrum is that of an M dwarf with emissions in the CaII and Balmer lines.

Proxima Centauri M _bol = 11.66 dM4e Centaurus flare star 0'.765 R = 1.3 × 10¹⁰ cm 4.25 light-years M = 0.1 M_sun An flare star probably associated with the alpha Centauri system. It is the closest star to the Sun.

Subject	has bolometric magnitude	has spectral type	is part of	is an instance of	has parallax	has radiu	has distance	is a kind of	has mass	has definition
flare star		M			from the point of view of Earth's orbit			red dwarf	greater than 0.08 the sun's mass	Stars undergoing erratic jumps in brightness (up to a few magnitudes) on time scales of the order of minutes. During the quiescent phase the spectrum is that of an M dwarf with emissions in the CaII and Balmer lines.
Proxima Centauri	M _bol = 11.66	dM4e	Centaurus	flare star	0'.765	R = 1.3 × 10¹⁰ cm	4.25 light-years		M = 0.1 M_sun	An flare star probably associated with the alpha Centauri system. It is the closest star to the Sun.

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