answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

The center of our solar system is the Sun. The Sun is a star.

The nearest star to the Sun is Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf about 4.24 light-years from the Sun.

User Avatar

Wiki User

8y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

The trouble with this question is that it ignores the fact that the moon travels aound the sky and each night is found in a different place. So which star should be mentioned.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

8y ago

No. The closest star to Earth is the sun. After that the closest star is Proxima Centauri. Polaris is several hundred light years away, which means a good number of stars are closer.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

proxima something, just Google it

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

Proxima Centauri

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

the sun

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

The Sun.

This answer is:
User Avatar

User Avatar

Anonymous

Lvl 1
3y ago

Cassiopeia

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What is the name of the nearest star to the earth?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What is the name of the nearest star that isn't the Sun?

proxima centauri is the star that is nearest to the earth after the sun.


Sun is a nearest star to earth and what is the name of the nearest star other than sun?

Proxima Centauri


What is the name of the star that is nearest to the earth?

The sun, or Sol.


Which star is the nearest to earth?

The nearest star to Earth is the Sun.


What is Earth's nearest star?

the sun is earth's nearest star!


Where is the nearest star to earth?

You see it during the day, the Sun is a star and it is the nearest star to Earth.


Is proxima centauri the nearest star to earth?

No. The nearest star to Earth is the sun.


What is the name of the star that is second most nearest to earth?

proxima centuari


What is the name of the nearest star to Earth?

The Sun is nearest star to Earth. Its light takes about 8 min. 20.33 sec. to reach to Earth. Its mine the distance of the Sun is near about 150 million km.


Which star is nearest to planet Earth?

I'll have to say that Earth's nearest star is the Sun............... I know for sure that mercury's closest star is the Sun ( The Sun is a Star) Yes the nearest star is the sun


What is the nearest stars?

nearest known star to earth is PROXIMA CENTAURI.the sunDepending on your choice.A.If your talking about Earth's nearest star,It was The Sun.B.If your talking about the Sun's nearest star,It was the Proxima Centauri.C.Extra hypothetical nearest star,It was The Nemesis.


Which is the nearest star on earth?

The nearest star to the Earth is our Sun. The nearest OTHER star to our Sun is the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, 4.2 light years away.