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On August 24, 2016, the European Southern Observatory discovered the closest planet to Earth that is not in our solar system, calling this newfound Proxima Centauri b.
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On August 24, 2016, the European Southern Observatory discovered the closest planet to Earth that is not in our solar system, calling this newfound Proxima Centauri b.
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-what-planet-are-you-from
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
The images by Davide De Martin/Mahdi Zamani available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_sky_around_Alpha_Centauri_and_Proxima_Centauri_(annotated)_(eso1629f).jpg, by ESO/M. Kornmesser available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artist%27s_impression_of_the_planet_orbiting_Proxima_Centauri.ogv, and by ESO/M. Kornmesser (photograph displayed on the magazine cover) available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nature_volume_536_number_7617_cover_displaying_an_artist%E2%80%99s_impression_of_Proxima_Centauri_b.jpg are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
The images by ESO available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ESO_Trailer.webm, by ESO/Konstantino Polizois/Nico Bartmann available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Proxima_Centauri_b.webm, by Piquito veloz available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Proxima_Cen_b_versus_Earth.jpg, and by Stephan Tournay available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orbits_of_Proxima_Centauri_b_and_Proxima_Centauri_c_around_Proxima_Centauri.jpg are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
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