The Alpha Centauri star system (also known as Rigel Kentaurus) is a trinary system, part of the UFE. At a distance of only 4.37 light-years from Earth, it is the closest star system to Sol. It consists of three stars: the pair Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B and a small and faint red dwarf, Proxima Centauri, that is gravitationally bound to the other two. To the unaided eye, the two main components appear as a single object of an apparent visual magnitude of −0.27, forming the brightest star in the southern constellation Centaurus and the third-brightest star in the night sky, outshone only by Sirius and Canopus.
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| - The Alpha Centauri star system (also known as Rigel Kentaurus) is a trinary system, part of the UFE. At a distance of only 4.37 light-years from Earth, it is the closest star system to Sol. It consists of three stars: the pair Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B and a small and faint red dwarf, Proxima Centauri, that is gravitationally bound to the other two. To the unaided eye, the two main components appear as a single object of an apparent visual magnitude of −0.27, forming the brightest star in the southern constellation Centaurus and the third-brightest star in the night sky, outshone only by Sirius and Canopus.
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UEE Strategic Value
| - Closest system to Sol
- Extraterrestrial race present
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| - Mineral resources
- Subluminal and Jump-capable ships
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Planetary Rotation
| - Alpha Prime
- Alpha Centauri Ba
- Proxima Centauri I
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| - The Alpha Centauri star system (also known as Rigel Kentaurus) is a trinary system, part of the UFE. At a distance of only 4.37 light-years from Earth, it is the closest star system to Sol. It consists of three stars: the pair Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B and a small and faint red dwarf, Proxima Centauri, that is gravitationally bound to the other two. To the unaided eye, the two main components appear as a single object of an apparent visual magnitude of −0.27, forming the brightest star in the southern constellation Centaurus and the third-brightest star in the night sky, outshone only by Sirius and Canopus.
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