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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
Alpha Centauri would be the wrong target to shoot for, considering that it's actually a system of three binaries. How 40 Eridani? In Star Trek, that's the home star of the Vulcans. There's something about those Vulcan women -- they're so cool and collected on the outside, but inside, there might be an animal in bed...
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Alpha Centauri is a trinary system, with two stars of similar size to our sun orbiting each other around a central point and a third, red dwarf star orbiting both larger stars. Recent data suggests there is at least one rocky planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B. It remains entirely possible that there are earth-like planets around either or both Alpha Centauri A and B.