Other units produce inconvenient numbers, because the distances are so great.
The nearest star outside of the solar system is about 25,866,280,000,000 miles away.
Don't you agree that "4.4 light years" is much easier to remember ?
Quantum Leap!!
The scientists found out that the closest star to earth beside the sun is Proxima Centuri the found out that on July 15 2002
they look at the sky and say hi to barney
a planet has it's own weak gravity that pulls the star it's orbiting as it orbits, as the star gets pulled around by the planet, scientist on Earth see the star wobbling, and then they know there is a planet!
SciEntist and sun
Scientists believe that after our Sun's time is over or it blows up, it will become a dwarf star. A dwarf star is a star that is small yet has an astonishing amount of density. It is said that if even a quarter of an inch thick cube of any dwarf star were to be put on Earth, it would sink directly through the Earth and out the other side of Earth back into space where gravity practically does not exist.
earth rotation
No star is an earth.
The nearest star to Earth is the Sun.
The closest star to Earth is the SunThe second closest star to Earth is Proxima Centurai.
No. There is no such thing as an "earth-like star" as Earth is a planet, not a star. Sirius A is a star that is larger and brighter than the sun.
No. Mars is a planet, not a star. The closest star to Earth is the sun.