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'''Alpha Centauri''' is a system with with three stars ('''Alpha Centauri A''', '''Alpha Centauri B''', and '''Proxima Centauri''') that is 4.243 [[Light-year|light-years]] away from [[Earth]]. It is often depicted to have habitable planets in fiction because Alpha Centauri A & B have similar spectral types, age, star type, and probable stable orbits. | '''Alpha Centauri''' is a system with with three stars ('''Alpha Centauri A''', '''Alpha Centauri B''', and '''Proxima Centauri''') that is 4.243 [[Light-year|light-years]] away from [[Earth]]. It is often depicted to have habitable planets in fiction because Alpha Centauri A & B have similar spectral types, age, star type, and probable stable orbits. | ||
== Alpha Centauri in science fiction == | == Alpha Centauri in science fiction == | ||
*The events of James Cameron's 2010 film Avatar take place on Pandora, a [[moon]] orbiting the fictional [[gas giant]] Polyphemus in orbit of Alpha Centauri. | *The events of James Cameron's 2010 film ''Avatar'' take place on Pandora, a [[moon]] orbiting the fictional [[gas giant]] Polyphemus in orbit of Alpha Centauri. | ||
*Proxima Centauri is an Earth Alliance colony in ''[[Babylon 5]]''. | *Proxima Centauri is an Earth Alliance colony in ''[[Babylon 5]]''. | ||
[[Category:Science]] | [[Category:Science]] | ||
Revision as of 11:44, 18 May 2010
Alpha Centauri is a system with with three stars (Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B, and Proxima Centauri) that is 4.243 light-years away from Earth. It is often depicted to have habitable planets in fiction because Alpha Centauri A & B have similar spectral types, age, star type, and probable stable orbits.