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{{Infobox star system
|name          = α Centauri
|native name   =
|image         =
|alt           =
|caption       = Planets of the Alpha Centauri system (sizes and distances not to scale)
|location      = [[Solar Sector]], [[Orion Arm]]
|affiliation   = Independent
|stars         = {{hlist|2 ([[Wikipedia:Alpha Centauri#Alpha Centauri A|Rigel]]|[[Wikipedia:Alpha Centauri#Alpha Centauri B|Toliman]])}}
|star_type     = G0V (Rigel)<br>K0V (Toliman)
|major_planets = 14
{{Collapsible list
 | title = '''Rigel – 8'''
 | bullets = true
 | Isbaa
 | Lisan
 | [[Wikipedia:Alpha Centauri Ab|Yad]]
 | [[Vajah]]
 | Aktaf
 | [[Ras]]
 | Zahr
 | Azem
}}
{{Collapsible list
 | title = '''Toliman – 6'''
 | bullets = true
 | Toliman I
 | Toliman II
 | [[Toliman III]]
 | [[Toliman IV]]
 | Toliman V
 | Toliman VI
}}
|minor_planets = 
|satellites    = 
|population    = 2,133,840,000
|stations      = 
|government    = [[Confederation of Vajah]]<br>[[Rigel Republic]]<br>[[United Trilunar Republics]]<br>[[Centaurus Colonies of Toliman]]
|other_groups  = 
}}

The '''Alpha Centauri system''' ('''α Cen''', '''α Centauri''', '''Rigel–Toliman''') is a star system located in the [[Solar Sector]]. It is part of the [[Greater Centauri system]] along with the [[Proxima Centauri system]], the latter also known as "Alpha Centauri C". It was first colonized in 2090 by the [[North Atlantic Conglomerate]] and [[United Republics of Bharat]], comparably much later than its sibling system.

==Etymology==
The name ''α Centauri'' (Latinised to ''Alpha Centauri'') is the system's Bayer designation, being the brightest star in the [[Constellation|constellation]] Centaurus. The common name of α Centauri A, ''Rigel'', comes from ''Rigil Kentaurus'', a Latinisation of the Arabic translation رجل القنطورس ''Rijl al-Qinṭūrus'', meaning "the Foot of the Centaur". Before the interstellar age, this name was more commonly known for the star [[Wikipedia:Rigel|Rigel]] (β Orionis). Following this theme, all of the planets in the Rigel system are named after names of body parts in Arabic.

The name of α Centauri B, ''Toliman'', is an approximation of the Arabic الظليمان ''aẓ-Ẓalīmān'' (in older transcription, ''aṭ-Ṭhalīmān''), meaning 'the (two male) Ostriches', an appellation Zakariya al-Qazwini had applied to the pair of stars Lambda and Mu Sagittarii. 

==Overview==

==History==

==Structure and composition==
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[[Category:Star systems]]