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*The events of James Cameron's 2010 film ''Avatar'' take place on Pandora, a [[moon]] orbiting the fictional [[gas giant]] Polyphemus in orbit of Alpha Centauri. | *The events of James Cameron's 2010 film ''Avatar'' take place on Pandora, a [[moon]] orbiting the fictional [[gas giant]] Polyphemus in orbit of Alpha Centauri. | ||
*Proxima Centauri is an Earth Alliance colony in ''[[Babylon 5]]''. | *Proxima Centauri is an Earth Alliance colony in ''[[Babylon 5]]''. | ||
*Alpha Centauri has two habitable planets that are Earth colonies in [[Star Trek]]. Alpha Centauri is also one of the founding members of the [[Federation|United Federation of Planets]]. | |||
[[Category:Science]] | [[Category:Science]] | ||
Revision as of 20:15, 18 May 2010
Alpha Centauri is a system with with three stars (Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B, and Proxima Centauri) that is 4.243 light-years away from Earth. It is often depicted to have habitable planets in fiction because Alpha Centauri A & B have similar spectral types, age, star type, and probable stable orbits.
Alpha Centauri in science fiction
- The events of James Cameron's 2010 film Avatar take place on Pandora, a moon orbiting the fictional gas giant Polyphemus in orbit of Alpha Centauri.
- Proxima Centauri is an Earth Alliance colony in Babylon 5.
- Alpha Centauri has two habitable planets that are Earth colonies in Star Trek. Alpha Centauri is also one of the founding members of the United Federation of Planets.