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What is nearest star to your sun?
Alpha cetauri is the nearest star from the sun.It is 4.22 light years away. it means that light from the star takes 4.22 years to reach us.
Of what is the solar system composed what is the earth's nearest celestial neighbor what is the distance?
The solar system is comprised of many things, like various gases and solids. Our nearest celestial neighbour is the moon. The nearest star to us is the sun.
How long doessecon closest star take for light from tat star to reach us to earth?
4.37 years. the star is Alpha Centauri ---- That's wrong. The closest star is the sun and it takes 8.3 minutes for light to reach us. when phrased nearest star it can be a trick question.. Alpha Centauri is the nearest star besides the Sun.
Is the sun or the moon furthest from earth?
The Moon is farther from the Sun, roughly the same average distance from the Sun as the Earth. The Sun is nearly 400 times farther from the Earth and Moon (150 million kilometers) than the Moon is from the Earth (about 384,000 kilometers).The center of the Earth is around 240 thousand miles away from the center of the Moon. The earth is around 93 millionmiles away from the sun. Therefore, the Moon is much, much farther away from the Sun than it is from the Earth.
What is the closet star to earth?
Technically speaking, the sun is the closest star to Earth..The next closest known star to the Earth is Proxima Centauri, red dwarf starapproximately 4.2 light years from Earth ... only about 278,000 times as farfrom us as the Sun is. See the related link below for further information aboutProxima Centauri..The next two closest known stars comprise the binary star system called AlphaCentauri. Alpha Centauri is 4.4 light years from Earth..It is postulated that another star, a red or brown dwarf star, closer to the Earththan Proxima Centauri, orbits the sun in a highly elliptical orbit. This possiblestar is code named Nemesis. See the related link below for further informationabout a companion star.That would be the Sun, an average everyday star. The next closest star to earth is Alpha Centauri, which is only four light-years away.
Why is the sun the bightest in the sky?
Becuse it's the nearest one to us ... roughly 0.00000377 as far from usas the next nearest star is.
How far is the nearest stellar neighbor in light years?
Not counting the Sun, the next nearest star is 4.3 light years from us.
What is the Earth's nearest star?
The star closest to earth is the sun, averaging 93 million miles over the course ofone full year.After the sun, the next nearest star is Proxima Centauri, roughly 270 thousand timesfarther from us than the sun is.
How long does it take light to travel to the nearest star to us?
The nearest star to us is the SUN. It takes light about 8 minutes to travel from the Sun to Eart. #The next nearest star is Alpha Centurii. Light takes about 4.5 years to travel from this star to Earth.
Why the sun is also a star?
Becaus the Sun is the name we have given to the star nearest to us.
Which star is the nearest to us Other then the sun?
Proxima centauri at about 4.2 light years from us.
How long would it take light to travel from the nearest star to us?
The nearest star to Earth is regarded as the Sun. The light from the Sun takes 8.3 minutes approximately, after calculating the distance of the Sun from Earth and the speed of light. It can be calculated by the formula: Time = Distance / Speed. If you mean the nearest star apart from the Sun, that is "Proxima Centauri". That light from that star takes about 4.22 years to reach us.
Why does the sun appear the be the brightest star in the sky to us on earth?
because it is the nearest star by a long way
Could you tell me about the stars?
our sun is much closer to us than the stars. Light from the sun takes about eight minutes to reach Earth, but the light fromthe next nearest star takes a sevral years to reach us
What is nearest star to your sun?
Alpha cetauri is the nearest star from the sun.It is 4.22 light years away. it means that light from the star takes 4.22 years to reach us.
Is the sun is the hottest star in the universe.?
NO, the Sun is not the hottest star. The hottest stars are the blue and white ones. The Sun is a medium sized star. The reason we find it so hot is because it is the nearest star to us
Is the sun the hottest star in the universe?
NO, the Sun is not the hottest star. The hottest stars are the blue and white ones. The Sun is a medium sized star. The reason we find it so hot is because it is the nearest star to us
