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by exdsq 2348 days ago
0.05 AU seems dangerously close to the sun?
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Not for a tiny, weak star like Proxima Centauri.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxima_Centauri_b

> The host star, with about an eighth of the mass of the Sun, has a habitable zone between ∼0.0423–0.0816 AU.

I didn’t know that! Thanks :)