Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to Earth, and it contains three stars: Alpha Centauri A,B,&C. The largest, Alpha Centauri A, is a star very similar to our own, roughly the same size, and heat, It is located at a right ascesion of 14h 39m 36.49400s and a declination –60° 50′ 15.0992″. The star contains the all the elements through Zinc, with overabundance of all, but exclusively a lot of Oxygen, Sodium, Manganese, Aluminum, and Copper.
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