Editing Alpha Centauri (section)

==In culture==
Alpha Centauri has been recognized and associated throughout history, particularly in the [[Southern Hemisphere]]. [[Polynesians]] have been using Alpha Centauri for their [[Polynesian navigation|star navigation]] and have called it Kamailehope. In the [[Ngarrindjeri]] culture of Australia, Alpha Centauri represents with [[Beta Centauri]] two sharks chasing a [[stingray]], the [[Southern Cross]], and in [[Inca]]n culture it with Beta Centauri form the eyes of a [[llama]]-shaped [[Constellation#Dark cloud constellations|dark constellation]] embedded in the band of stars that the visible [[Milky Way]] forms in the sky. In ancient Egypt it was also revered and in China it is known as part of the South Gate asterism.<ref>{{cite web | title=Alpha Centauri, the star system closest to our sun | website=Earth & Sky | date=16 April 2023 | url=https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/alpha-centauri-is-the-nearest-bright-star/#:~:text=Alpha%20Centauri%20has%20played%20a,stars%20of%20the%20Southern%20Cross. | access-date=March 13, 2024}}</ref>

The [[Sagan Planet Walk]] in [[Ithaca, New York]], is a walkable scale model of the solar system.  An obelisk representing the scaled position of Alpha Centauri has been added at [[ʻImiloa Astronomy Center]] in Hawaii.<ref name="Couillard">{{cite web|last=Couillard|first=Sherri|title=Sagan Planet Walk Expands to Hawaii|url=http://cornellsun.com/node/53167|access-date=19 November 2012|work=Cornell Daily Sun|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311192420/http://cornellsun.com/node/53167|archive-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>

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