Visualize Astronomy: An Earth mass planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B
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An Earth mass planet was detected orbiting one of our closest neighbor stars Alpha Centauri B (http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature11572.html). This video exits our solar system and highlights where the Alpha Centauri star system is located in the constellation Centaurus. Alpha Centauri is also known as Rigel Kent (from the Arabic name meaning "the foot of the Centaur".
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