Planet Proxima Centauri c

Name Proxima Centauri c
Planet Status Controversial
Discovered in 2019
Mass 0.0245 ( -0.0084 +0.0087 ) MJ
Mass*sin(i) 0.0179 (± 0.006) MJ +
Semi-Major Axis 1.48 (± 0.08) AU
Orbital Period 1928.0 (± 20.0) day +
Eccentricity 0.0
ω
Tperi 2456202.0 (± 21.0) JD
Radius
Inclination 133.0 (± 1.0) deg
Update 2022-07-29
Detection Method Radial Velocity
Mass Detection Method Astrometry
Radius Detection Method
Primary transit
Secondary transit
λ
Impact Parameter b
Time Vr=0
Velocity Semiamplitude K 1.2 (± 0.4) m/s
Calculated temperature 39.0 ( -1.6 +1.8 ) K
Measured temperature
Hottest point longitude
Geometric albedo
Surface gravity log(g/gH)
Alternate Names

Star

Proxima Centauri
Name Proxima Centauri
Distance 1.295 pc
Spectral type M5.5V
Apparent magnitude V 11.13
Mass 0.12 (± 0.015) MSun
Age
Effective temperature 3050.0 (± 100.0) K
Radius 0.141 (± 0.021) RSun
Metallicity [Fe/H]
Detected Disc
Magnetic Field
RA2000 14:29:42.9
Dec2000 -62:40:46
Alternate Names alpha Cen C, GL 551, HIP 70890
Planetary system
2 planets

More data

Observability Predictor

Remarks

29 Jul 2022
"The LBL analysis of the Proxima Centauri HARPS post-upgrade data alone easily recovers the Proxima b signal and also provides a 2-σ detection of the recently confirmed 5-day Proxima d planet, but argues against the presence of the candidate Proxima c with a period of 1900 days." (Artigau et al. 2022)

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Announcement by Damasso & Del Sordo  
Scientific American  

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