Astronomy - USA (2020-04)

The Sun

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Proxima

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Barnard’s

Star Wolf 1061 Gliese 832 GJ 3323

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14 habitable

exoplanets

Proxima Centauri Wolf 1061

Barnard’s Star Gliese 832

Tau Ceti GJ 3323

Distance: 4 light-years

Star type: Red dwarf

Habitable planets: 1 (b)

Discovered: 2016

Mass: 1.27 Ear ths

Orbit: 11. 2 d a y s

Distance: 6 light-years

Star type: Red dwarf

Habitable planets: 1 (b)

Discovered: 2018

Mass: 3.23 Earths

Orbit: 232.8 days

Distance: 16 light-years

Star type: Red dwarf

Habitable planets: 1 (c)

Discovered: 2014

Mass: 5.4 Earths

Orbit: 35.7 days

Distance: 12 li g ht- year s

Star type: Yellow dwarf

Habitable planets: 1 (e)

Discovered: 2017

Mass: 3.93 Earths

Orbit: 162.9 days