A star that's not the sun, I'm talking about you know, in a galaxy far far away or what?
2006-10-17 02:23:01 · 9 answers · asked by Kimber 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The nearest star is "Proxima Centauri," which is 4.2 light years from us. (A light year is the time it takes for light to travel). It's still within our own galaxy though.
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/nearest.html
2006-10-17 02:31:23 · answer #1 · answered by icez 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-26 21:26:10 · answer #2 · answered by guillotte 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Proxima Centauri is 4.2 light years from the Earth.
Light travels at 186,000 miles per second.
There are 60 x 60 x 24 x 365 = 31,536,000 seconds
in a year.
And 186,000 x 31,536,000 = 58,656,966,000,000 miles
which is a fairly long distance in one year.
5,865,696,000,000 miles per year times 4.2 light years
is = 24,635,923,000,000 miles from Earth to the nearest star (not the sun).
2006-10-17 02:47:22 · answer #3 · answered by zahbudar 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun, at 4.2 light years away. The closest known planet outside our solar system is 10.5 light years away; it is a gas giant in a very close orbit.
2006-10-17 02:32:58 · answer #4 · answered by poorcocoboiboi 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Proxima Centuari which is 4.2 light years away.
2006-10-20 06:44:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
besides the sun (93.2 million mi)
it is Proxima Centauri (4.2 light yr)
2006-10-17 06:03:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The closest star is our own sun at 93,000,000 miles.
2006-10-17 06:15:08 · answer #7 · answered by dmspartan2000 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
About 4.2 light years or billions of miles away!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-10-17 03:48:06 · answer #8 · answered by jeff g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not too close.
2006-10-17 04:17:20 · answer #9 · answered by Krissy 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋