%0 Journal Article %1 AngladaEscude2016Terrestrial %A Anglada-Escudé, Guillem %A Amado, Pedro J. %A Barnes, John %A Berdi\ nas, Zaira M. %A Butler, R. Paul %A Coleman, Gavin A. L. %A de la Cueva, Ignacio %A Dreizler, Stefan %A Endl, Michael %A Giesers, Benjamin %A Jeffers, Sandra V. %A Jenkins, James S. %A Jones, Hugh R. A. %A Kiraga, Marcin %A Kürster, Martin %A López-González, Marίa J. %A Marvin, Christopher J. %A Morales, Nicolás %A Morin, Julien %A Nelson, Richard P. %A Ortiz, José L. %A Ofir, Aviv %A Paardekooper, Sijme-Jan %A Reiners, Ansgar %A Rodr\ A­guez, Eloy %A Rodrίguez-López, Cristina %A Sarmiento, Luis F. %A Strachan, John P. %A Tsapras, Yiannis %A Tuomi, Mikko %A Zechmeister, Mathias %D 2016 %I Nature Research %J Nature %K exoplanets astro %N 7617 %P 437--440 %R 10.1038/nature19106 %T A terrestrial planet candidate in a temperate orbit around Proxima Centauri %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature19106 %V 536 %X At a distance of 1.295 parsecs1, the red dwarf Proxima Centauri (α Centauri C, GL 551, HIP 70890 or simply Proxima) is the Sun's closest stellar neighbour and one of the best-studied low-mass stars. It has an effective temperature of only around 3,050 kelvin, a luminosity of 0.15 per cent of that of the Sun, a measured radius of 14 per cent of the radius of the Sun2 and a mass of about 12 per cent of the mass of the Sun. Although Proxima is considered a moderately active star, its rotation period is about 83 days (ref. 3) and its quiescent activity levels and X-ray luminosity4 are comparable to those of the Sun. Here we report observations that reveal the presence of a small planet with a minimum mass of about 1.3 Earth masses orbiting Proxima with a period of approximately 11.2 days at a semi-major-axis distance of around 0.05 astronomical units. Its equilibrium temperature is within the range where water could be liquid on its surface5.

@article{AngladaEscude2016Terrestrial, abstract = {At a distance of 1.295 parsecs1, the red dwarf Proxima Centauri (α Centauri C, GL 551, HIP 70890 or simply Proxima) is the Sun's closest stellar neighbour and one of the best-studied low-mass stars. It has an effective temperature of only around 3,050 kelvin, a luminosity of 0.15 per cent of that of the Sun, a measured radius of 14 per cent of the radius of the Sun2 and a mass of about 12 per cent of the mass of the Sun. Although Proxima is considered a moderately active star, its rotation period is about 83 days (ref. 3) and its quiescent activity levels and X-ray luminosity4 are comparable to those of the Sun. Here we report observations that reveal the presence of a small planet with a minimum mass of about 1.3 Earth masses orbiting Proxima with a period of approximately 11.2 days at a semi-major-axis distance of around 0.05 astronomical units. Its equilibrium temperature is within the range where water could be liquid on its surface5.}, added-at = {2018-06-18T21:23:34.000+0200}, author = {Anglada-Escud\'{e}, Guillem and Amado, Pedro J. and Barnes, John and Berdi\ {n}as, Zaira M. and Butler, R. Paul and Coleman, Gavin A. L. and de la Cueva, Ignacio and Dreizler, Stefan and Endl, Michael and Giesers, Benjamin and Jeffers, Sandra V. and Jenkins, James S. and Jones, Hugh R. A. and Kiraga, Marcin and K\"{u}rster, Martin and L\'{o}pez-Gonz\'{a}lez, Marίa J. and Marvin, Christopher J. and Morales, Nicol\'{a}s and Morin, Julien and Nelson, Richard P. and Ortiz, Jos\'{e} L. and Ofir, Aviv and Paardekooper, Sijme-Jan and Reiners, Ansgar and Rodr\ {A}­guez, Eloy and Rodrίguez-L\'{o}pez, Cristina and Sarmiento, Luis F. and Strachan, John P. and Tsapras, Yiannis and Tuomi, Mikko and Zechmeister, Mathias}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26212ef98bd92c510db51471bbbca7a68/pbett}, citeulike-article-id = {14121298}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature19106}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature19106}, comment = {(private-note)Discovery of the first planet found around our nearest star; near-Earth mass, with with possible liquid water}, day = 24, doi = {10.1038/nature19106}, interhash = {fbaf533a31c513a1f18c2e3d7ed7536c}, intrahash = {6212ef98bd92c510db51471bbbca7a68}, issn = {0028-0836}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {exoplanets astro}, month = aug, number = 7617, pages = {437--440}, posted-at = {2016-08-24 20:09:16}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Nature Research}, timestamp = {2018-06-22T18:36:38.000+0200}, title = {A terrestrial planet candidate in a temperate orbit around Proxima Centauri}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature19106}, volume = 536, year = 2016 }