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Old 10-03-2018, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by alfa015 View Post
indeed, i agree with you, active flare stars are a problem, but i think that if proxima b had a magnetic field stronger than earth, those flares wouldn't be much of a problem
A planet tidily locked would have a job of retaining a magnetic field.
This could be of interest.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard...xima-b-s-orbit
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