Rigil Kent

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Rigil Kent

Brightest star in the constellation Centaurus and the third-brightest star in the night sky. It is actually a triple star (see binary star); the two brighter stars orbit each other every 80 years, and the third, Proxima Centauri, is the closest star to the Sun, 4.2 light years away, 0.1 light years closer than the other two.

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