what is th star closest to earth(not the sun)and whats its name??

Question

quickly plz!its hw

Answer 1

But Proxima wont be the nearest for much longer.

Lying at a distance of about 5.96 light-years, Barnard's Star is the nearest star in the constellation Ophiuchus and is also the second closest known star system to the Sun and the fourth closest known individual star after the three components of the Alpha Centauri system

Barnard's Star is approaching the Sun so rapidly that it will be the nearest star around AD 11,800, at a distance of 3.8 light-years. That is some going, getting two light years closer in the space of 9800 years,

Barnard's Star was discovered by the astronomer E. E. Barnard in 1916. Barnard measured its proper motion to 10.3 arcseconds per year, which remains the largest known proper motion of any star relative to the Sun, Its true velocity relative to the Sun is calculated as between 139.7 and 142.7 km/s

Like Proxima it is a red dwarf,

Answer 2

Proxima Centauri in the Alpha Centauri star system.

Answer 3

Proxima
Proxima Centauri
Alpha Centauri C

all different names for the same star

Answer 4

Proxima Centauri is the closest, at 4.2 light years, but Alpha Centauri is the largest star closest to us, and it is 4.3 light years.

Answer 5

Alpha Centauri it's only 4.3 light years away.

Answer 6

Here's a list of the closest

http://www.obliquity.com/skyeye/misc/close.html

Answer 7

proxima centuri and next is alpha centuri