2007-01-24 15:48:51 · 6 answers · asked by niki kat 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The nearest star is the sun. It is approximately 93 million miles away (or 1 AU). After that, the closest star is Proxima Centauri, which is 4.22 light years away.
2007-01-24 15:53:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Sun is about 93 million miles from the earth. The star nearest to the Sun is Proxima Centauri. Astronomers measure the distance between stars in units called light-years. A light-year equals 5.88 million million miles (9.46 million million kilometers). This is the distance light travels in one year at a speed of 186,282 miles per second (299,792 kilometers per second). Proxima Centauri is 4.3 light-years from the Sun. It is a dim red star in the constellation of Centaurus that lies at a distance of over 40 million million kilometers, some 270,000 times greater than the distance between the earth and the sun.
The nearest stellar neighbors to the Sun are three stars that make up a multiple system. To the naked eye the system appears as a single bright star, Alpha Centauri. Alpha Centauri is a double star -- two stars revolving about each other that are too close to be seen as separate by the naked eye. Near them is the third member of the system, a faint star known as Proxima Centauri. Discovered in 1915, it is smaller than Alpha and Beta. Proxima (meaning nearest) it is slightly nearer to the Sun than the other stars in this triple star system.
The distance from the sun to Proxima Centauri, stated in five sources as a fact, has been found consistent. The distance to Proxima Centauri is 4.3 light-years.
2007-01-24 16:26:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would be 93,000,000 miles to the sun. Next stop, Proxima Centauri at 24,753,237,120,000 miles. If you are ready for a really long road trip you can travel to the galaxy center which is a travel friendly 293,284,800,000,000,000 miles away.
2007-01-24 16:33:52 · answer #3 · answered by Michael da Man 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A long long way. 4 light years. light travels at about 180,000 miles per second. You work out the miles. Our sun,which is a star, is 8 light minutes away - about 93 million miles.
2007-01-24 15:58:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Eddie Murphy lives about 80 miles from me.
2007-01-24 15:55:20 · answer #5 · answered by scourgeoftheleft 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1,934,748
2007-01-24 15:53:08 · answer #6 · answered by Music F 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋