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Alpha Centauri
noun
- Astronomy. a triple-star system that is the brightest celestial object in the constellation Centaurus.
Alpha Centauri
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- A triple star system in the constellation Centaurus that is the third brightest star in the night sky, with an apparent magnitude of −0.27, and the star nearest to Earth, at a distance of about 4.2 light-years. The two brighter stars, Alpha Centauri A and B, form a binary star system, which is orbited by Proxima Centauri, a smaller, dimmer star.
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Origin of Alpha Centauri1
Example Sentences
Alpha Centauri encompasses the closest star system to Earth and is more than four light-years away.
By the way, that’s not me saying that I think the final answer is aliens visiting from Alpha Centauri.
The group became stranded on a distant planet after their ship, the Jupiter 2, went off course en route to colonize a planet in the Alpha Centauri system.
In the opening hours of the role-playing video game, it’s possible to land your spaceship on Earth’s moon or zip 16 light-years to Alpha Centauri.
It took place at a location more than 8000 light-years away from our Earth in the direction of Alpha Centauri, between the constellations of Circinus and Centaurus.
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