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	Rigil Kentaurus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		RIGIL KENTAURUS (Alpha Centauri) with PROXIMA CENTAURI (Alpha Cen C).
		Polaris even though not visible to much of the world's population, is the "foot of the Centaur," Rigil Kentaurus, "Rigil Kent," the first star of
		While the chief component is best known as a solar analogue, Proxima is famed as a dwarf class M "flare star," one that suddenly erupts with fearsome violence as a result of the collapse of its complex and unstable magnetic fields.
	www.astro.uiuc.edu /~kaler/sow/rigil-kent.html (638 words)

	* Rigil Kent - (Astronomy): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Rigil Kentarus was a beautiful planet, blessed with a rare inhabitable moon, Riken Minor, when it was discovered in the first days of Terran exploration...
		Rigilkent or Rigil Kentaurus, are common names from the Arabic Rijl Qanturus () or Al Rijl al Kentaurus, "Foot of the centaur".
		The best known star of the constellation alpha Cen (arab.: foot of the centaur), known as Rigil Kentaurus (often short Rigil Kent), was not only long thought to be the closest star to our sun but is as well an occulting binary system...
	www.bestknows.com /astronomy/rigil_kent.html (306 words)

	Kentaurus Prime
		Kentaurus Prime is Alpha Centauri IV--the fourth planet from its primary, Alpha Centauri A. Alpha Centauri is also known as Rigil Kentaurus, and it is from this that Kentaurus Prime gets its Terran name.
		Chal'Mara is roughly the size of Ceres and orbits Kentaurus Prime at an average distance of 75,000 km.
		Kentaurus' two suns--Alpha Centauri A and B--play a role as well, both through their affects on the Kentauran day and night, and through their differing significance as "the Eyes." The Eyes, as well as the Kentauran wilderness and other Kentaurans, provide sources of information and inspiration for many Kentaurans.
	www.phoenixblue.net /Station/KentaurusPrime.html (1461 words)

	Rigel Kentaurus
		Rigel Kentaurus is the 3rd brightest star in the sky.
		Take a look at the list of the Brightest Stars
		Alpha Centauri (proper name Rigel Kentaurius) is bright only because it is close and it is the closest star to the sun at 4.3 light years away.
	www.astro.wisc.edu /~dolan/constellations/hr/5459.html (84 words)

	night at anchor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Atria Atria is the brightest of the three stars at the southeast apex of the Triangulum Australis (Southern Triangle), which lies between Rigil Kentaurus and Peacock.
		Rigil Kentaurus One of three navigational stars (with Hadar and Menkent) in Centaurus, Rigil Kentaurus is the third-brightest star in the night sky.
		Rigil Kentaurus and Hadar are Southern Cross pointer stars.
	gantron.com /f-bits/night_at_anchor.htm (1447 words)

	Astronomical naming conventions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For example, the star with the Arabic name of Rigil Kentaurus also has the Bayer designation of Alpha Centauri.
		As the resolving power of telescopes increased, numerous objects that were thought to be a single object were found to be multiple star systems that were too closely spaced in the sky to be discriminated by the human eye.
		For example, Rigil Kentaurus contains three stars in a triple star system, labelled Rigil Kentaurus A, B and C respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Astronomical_naming_conventions (2447 words)

	* Rigil Kentaurus - (Astronomy): Definition
		Among the most famed stars of the entire sky, surely rival in renown to Sirius and Polaris even though not visible to much of the world's population, is the "foot of the Centaur," Rigil Kentaurus, "Rigil Kent,...
		(l´f sntõr´), brightest star in the constellation and 3d-brightest star in the sky; also known as Rigil Kent or Rigil Kentaurus; 1992 position R.A. 14h39.1m, Dec. −60°49&minut;.
		Alpha Centauri is also known as Rigil Kentaurus, from the Arabic meaning ‘centaur’s foot’.
	en.mimi.hu /astronomy/rigil_kentaurus.html (239 words)

	Factbook: Outsystem
		Alpha Centuari A (properly known as Rigil Kentaurus) and B (named Ahmar Kentaurus) orbit each other at an average distance of about 24 AU, which is roughly the distance from Uranus to Sol.
		Two of the worlds orbiting Rigil Kentaurus are habitable, and already had their own primitive ecosystems.
		The rocky worlds of Rigil Kentaurus are named for mythical Greek heroes, just as the worlds of Ahmar Kentaurus are named for mythical Roman ones.
	www.sunflower.com /~taraqual/mcgod/factbook/outsystem.html (4077 words)

	Phil Thorne/Demo/Welcome to My Galaxy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While the information for the three stars and Trifid Nebula is correct, their visual representations are not -- Rigil Kent is obviously not a blue star.
		The Rigil Kentaurus system (Rigil Kent for short) is usually known as Alpha Centauri.
		While it appears to the naked eye as a single -0.3-magnitude star in the constellation of Centaurus, it actually consists of three stellar elements: Alpha Centauri A (G2V, 0.0), Alpha Centauri B (K5V, 1.4), and Proxima Centauri (a M5eV red dwarf, 11.0).
	www.underbase.org /user/thorne/web/galaxy/galaxy.htm (558 words)

	Line of Position -- Rigil Kentaurus
		Use almanac and correction reduction tables to compute Geographic Position (GP) of Rigil Kentaurus.
		The declination of Rigel Kentaurus was listed as 60°49.7'S, so we multiply the 49.7' part (as a fraction of a degree) by the correction factor 46' (also a fraction of a degree) to get the final correction factor.
		Conclusion: We are 3 nm further from the geographic position of Rigil Kentaurus, in the direction 147°, than our assumed position.
	www.efalk.org /Navigation/leg57-4.html (963 words)

	iqexpand.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		That makes it a logical choice as "first port of call" for science fiction speculation about space travel.
		Alpha Centauri A Rigil Kentaurus (andquot;Foot of the Centaurandquot; in Arabic) is the fourth brightest star in the night sky as...
		Among the most famed stars of the entire sky, surely rival in renown to Sirius and Polaris even though not visible to much of the...
	alpha_centauri.iqexpand.com (1026 words)

	Acrux Alpha Crucis is a star star in the constellation...
		Acrux has a stellar magnitude stellar magnitude of 0.77, and is the twelfth brightest star in the sky.
		It is the southernmost first magnitude star, just beating out Rigil Kentaurus Rigil Kentaurus (Alpha Centauri).
		Acrux is a trinary star trinary star located 320 light years from the solar system.
	www.biodatabase.de /Acrux (406 words)

	Trade Charts - Rigil Kentaurus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Rigil Kentaurus (α Cen) has five direct trade routes, merely average for any star.
		It would be six, but 70 Ophiuchii is only 500 million years old, all its planets are molten.
		Trade with the Brigid Trade Center in the ε Eridani System also gives the J'nar inderect access to the Mnro homeworld and another Trade Center in the Gliese 105 System.
	homepage.mac.com /pfhreak/scifisite/sections/trade/r/rigil_kentaurus.html (187 words)

	Search Results for "Alpha"
		Alpha radiation (or alpha rays) was distinguished and named by E. Rutherford...
		Alpha Centauri, (al´f sentor´e) (KEY), brightest star in the constellation Centaurus and 3d-brightest star in the sky; also known as Rigil Kent or Rigil Kentaurus;...
		...Rigil Kent, (ri´jl) (KEY) : see Alpha Centauri....
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=col65&query=Alpha (208 words)

	Alpha Centauri
		and 3d-brightest star in the sky; also known as Rigil Kent or Rigil Kentaurus; 1992 position R.A. h
		Proxima Centauri orbits about the common center of mass of the system with a period of more than 250,000 years, so that in about 125,000 years it will be more distant than A and B. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia,
		Rigil Kent - Rigil Kent : see Alpha Centauri.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/sci/A0803471.html (204 words)

	Gamingforce Interactive Forums - Constellations in space! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		From space, is it possible to identify constellations and specific stars like Sirius and Rigil Kentaurus while sitting inside of a shuttle?
		I've wondered this for a number of years but I've always kept the thought to myself.
		Rigel Kentaurus (I actually prefer the name Toliman) is only bright because it's so close.
	www.gamingforce.com /forums/printthread.php?t=51701 (1088 words)

	AlphaCentauriSysemt
		Alpha Centauri B IV Some Physical Data of the Planets of Sol and Rigil Kentaurus A
		Historical footnote: La naǔ planedoj de la sistemo Rigil Kentaurus estis unue pozitive identigis per la astrafizisto Carole Sharpe, Ph.D., la misia specialisto de la projekto Santa Maria, kiu estis netaĉmenta robota veturilo dum la malfrua 21
		Laǔ historia legendo, ŝi nomis la kvin planedojn de Rigil Kentaurus A, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Mahler and Schubert, kaj la kvar planedojn de Rigil Kentaurus B, George, John, Paul kaj Ringo.
	homepage.mac.com /dreah/AlphaCentauriSystem.html (205 words)

	Observations made in the constellation Centaurus
		Only the outermost stars were resolved as there was a little light pollution and a slight haze high above southern horizon.Along with a number of stars near it,it looked awesome.
		Alpha Cen (Rigil Kentaurus) (Visual Binary, in Centaurus)
		it could be easily found as it is on of the pointer stars along with rigil kentaurus to the southern cross.
	www.lies.com /aaol/view_obs.cgi?con=Cen (191 words)

	Virtual Eclipse - Science Fiction - Database - Places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Red Planet, The - Alternative name for Mars: a planet in the Sol star system.
		Rigil Kentaurus - Alternative name for the Alpha Centauri star system.
		Rim - Planet in the Kruger 60 star system.
	virtualeclipse.aboho.com /scifi/data/places.htm (484 words)

	Trip/T'Polers: Fan Fiction: Elysium - Act 1
		Disclaimer: Not making a dime off of this, they belong to Paramount, they don’t belong to me, because if they did, I'd be married to T'Pol.
		We are on course for the Rigil Kentaurus system to investigate the mysterious silence from the New Elysium colony there.
		It has been over two weeks since Starfleet last had contact with the colony administrator.
	triptpolers.houseoftucker.com /fiction/author_rigil_kent_elysium_act_1.shtml (4945 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: A Walk Through the Southern Sky: A Guide to Stars and Constellations and Their Legends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		CAPs: Facing North, Rigil Kentaurus, Canis Major, Northern Cross, Ursa Major (more)
		How do we measures the size of Scorpius or the distance between two stars?
		Facing North, Rigil Kentaurus, Canis Major, Northern Cross, Ursa Major, Triangulum Australe, Winter Triangle, South Celestial Pole, Achernar of Eridanus, Antares of Scorpius, Almak of Andromeda, Big Dipper, Large Magellanic Cloud, Vega of Lyra, Corona Australis, Using Fig, Cor Caroli, Altair of Aquila, Hamal of Aries
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521665140?v=glance (1098 words)

	ipedia.com: Alpha Centauri Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It is also the closest star system to Earth, at 4.3 light-years.
		It bears the proper name Rigil Kentaurus (often shortened to Rigil Kent), derived from the Arabic phrase for "foot of the centaur," but is nonetheless usually referred to by its Bayer designation Alpha Centauri.
		Relative size of stars in Alpha Centauri system, and our Sun
	www.ipedia.com /alpha_centauri.html (551 words)

	The Discovery Files - Stations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Location: Geostationary Orbit of Rigil Kentaurus A 3, in the Alpha Centauri Triple Star System
		Location: various positions across Io, 5th moon of Jupiter.
		Location: various positions across Rigil Kentaurus A 3, in the Alpha Centauri Triple Star System
	pages.zoom.co.uk /discovery.files/stations.html (73 words)

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