2006-06-30 05:14:53 · 7 answers · asked by G-Paul R 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Proxima Centauri was discovered in 1915 by Robert Innes while he was Director of the Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa.
2006-06-30 05:19:47 · answer #1 · answered by habaceeba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Improve your spelling. It's "Proxima Centauri", and the discoverer is Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes, whoever he is.
2006-06-30 05:47:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was "Proxima Centauri"
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2006-06-30 05:20:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you mean: "who discovered that the Centauri system is a trinary system" then I don't know. I suspect that Galileo did, but he may have only discovered that it's a binary system.
2006-06-30 05:17:59 · answer #4 · answered by bequalming 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was dicovered in 1915 by Robert innes and was olny captured once
2006-06-30 07:10:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Innes.
2006-06-30 05:24:47 · answer #6 · answered by ag_iitkgp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
proxima centauri...search on that and you will find it
2006-06-30 05:18:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋