Alpha Centauri (planet)

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Alpha Centauri was an inhabited planet in the Alpha Centauri system. The planet was located in the Beta Quadrant and was approximately 4 light years from Sol.

When Kirk was detained in 1969 on Earth, and interrogated on who he was by Lieutenant Colonel Fellini, a member of the US Air Force Air Police at the US 498th Airbase Group, Kirk responded by saying, "the truth is, I'm a little green man from Alpha Centauri, a beautiful place. You ought to see it." (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday")

In an alternate timeline, created by Jonathan Archer being infected by interspatial parasites, the Xindi destroyed Earth in 2154 and then proceeded to annihilate all other Human settlements, including Mars, Alpha Centauri, and Vega colony. (ENT: "Twilight")

In the mid-23rd century, in a cafe on this planet, Paul Stamets met Hugh Culber for the first time and they began a romantic relationship, which eventually lead to marriage. (DIS: "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad")

In 2338, Greta Vanderweg was born on this planet. (DS9: "Field of Fire")

This planet's quadrant of origin was inferred based on the position of its star system as seen in the star chart appearing in the Star Trek: Picard episode "Maps and Legends".
In the real world, a team of astronomers announced the discovery of Alpha Centauri Bb, an Earth-size terrestrial planet, in 2012. Three years later, however, another team of astronomers determined that this elusive ghost planet was all along nothing more than a measurement artefact. A second possible planet, known as Candidate 1, was detected in 2021 but has not yet been confirmed to exist. By 2024, there were two confirmed exoplanets orbiting Proxima Centauri.
The current location of Alpha Centauri in the Beta Quadrant was based on the most recent star charts seen in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Section 31.

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