Field record · Astronomical geometry
Proxima b: a planet no one has seen the ground of
Placed beside the star because they share a system. Adult looking-up. Not the children's star story, and not a chronicle page that does not yet exist.
This correspondence holds · Sources checked · 24 August 2016
Observed
- On 24 August 2016 a team led by Guillem Anglada-Escudé announced a terrestrial-mass planet candidate in a temperate orbit around Proxima Centauri.
- Stars tells that planet as The nearest other fire. No one has seen the ground.
- The Book of 42 has named Proxima Discovery as an operator note. It is not a locked public page.
Connection
Placed beside the star because they share a system. Adult looking-up. Not the children's star story, and not a chronicle page that does not yet exist.
- Astronomical geometry
- Historical transmission
Interpretation
A planet can be named from a wobble in a star's light. That is a different office from meeting the star as a spark. Wonder is real. Collapse is not required.
Placed beside
Keep the difference visible
This record
Proxima b: a planet no one has seen the ground of
Astronomical geometry
Beside
Proxima Centauri: the nearest other star
Astronomical geometry
Beside
The night as instrument
Editorial parallel
Mechanism
Known mathematical. Radial-velocity detection. The ground remains unseen. Pairing with the star is astronomy, not copied prose.
Open questions
What remains if the planet is allowed to stay a planet, and the star a star?
Read beside this
- StarsThe nearest other fire
Sources
- Anglada-Escudé et al., Nature 536 (24 August 2016) · Public announcement of Proxima b. Do not use stars.grok.me/stars/proxima-b — that path 404s.
- Stars, The nearest other fire · Adult looking-up. The planet.
Related records
Canonical plate. · Sources checked.