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Alpha Centauri B

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Also known as Toliman, α Centauri B, LHS 51, α Cen B, SPOCS 609, LTT 5807, LFT 1128, Alpha2 Centauri

star in the constellation Centaurus

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Official name
Toliman
Distance from Earth
1.295
Radius
0.8632
Mass
0.934
Image
Artist’s impression of a planet around Alpha Centauri B (symbolic, annotated).jpg
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spectral class
K2IVC2+1**
catalog code
α² Cen
Commons category
Alpha Centauri B
apparent magnitude
-0.60
right ascension
219.896096290
declination
-60.837527566
effective temperature
5214
parallax
743
radial velocity
-20.7
metallicity
0.09
stellar rotational velocity
3.52
surface gravity
27540
right ascension component of proper motion
-3598
declination component of proper motion
693
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