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Mass of Proxima Centauri, nearest star to our Sun

Mass of Proxima Centauri, nearest star to our Sun (244.6 octillion kg)

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Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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Click here for Podcast: Andrew Elliott interviewed for New Books Network.

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