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  • Although Carlos had taken the name Rigil Kent for himself, it had since been adopted as the name of the resistance movement that so many of them had joined.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • Alpha Centauri (also known as Rigil Kentaurus) is the brightest star in the constellation Centaurus and the third brightest in the sky

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Perhaps in a few centuries, when the humans pass on, they would send a message to Rigil Kentaurus asking to join their society.

    365 tomorrows » 2009 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • The 1032 human passengers, and 4000 or so assorted farm animals, were destined for the Gagarin settlement on Rigil Kentaurus II.

    365 tomorrows » 2008 » February : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008

  • "And what makes you think I've ever been to Rigil 2?" she answered.

    A Letter on Rape in Prisons Kaiser, David 2007

  • It was a voyage of approximately 4,595 miles, a great circle route, plotted, when weather permitted, by the brightest stars in the heavens, by Capella, the double star; by Altair and Vega; and afterward by Rigil Kent and Acrux, new stars in a new southern sky.

    The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

  • It was a voyage of approximately 4,595 miles, a great circle route, plotted, when weather permitted, by the brightest stars in the heavens, by Capella, the double star; by Altair and Vega; and afterward by Rigil Kent and Acrux, new stars in a new southern sky.

    The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005

  • Rigil Kent ... that is, Carlos Montero and his followers ... have made it their mission to chase the Western Hemisphere Union off Coyote.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • "Last time _I_ heard, you were going by the handle of Rigil Kent."

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • Rigil Kent can sneak across the East Channel anytime they want.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

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