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Every planet in the Solar System is closer than one light year to the Earth.
In fact, when you travel at the speed of light on January first departing from our own star (the sun) it is still January first when you pass Pluto...
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∙ 9y ago
Wiki User
∙ 9y agoThe distance to the closest planet to Earth is better measured in light-minutes than in light-years. The planets are moving, so its continually changing, but on average both Venus and Mercury are about 8.3 light-minutes from Earth.
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∙ 9y agoAll the planets are closer than 1 light-year, in fact the furthest is only a few light-hours.
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What planet is 93 million miles away from the sun?
The planet Mars is approximately 13 light minutes from the Sun.
How many light years away is Jupiter from Earth?
How many light years away is Jupiter from Earth when there closest?
How far is the second closest star to the sun?
Mars is the 2nd closest planet to the Earth. Venus is the planet closest to the Earth.
How far away is the closest star to the Earth excluding the Sun?
Alpha Centauri is a trinary, about 4.5 light years from earth. Of those three stars, Proxima Centauri is the closest; it is 4.2 light years away.
Is the moon the closet planet to the earth?
The moon that revolves around the earth is not a star, it is part of the earth that was thrown off into space when the earth was hit by a large asteroid early in its development, about 30 million years after the earth first was formed. The closest star to the Earth is our Sun, it is a star and it is called Sol.
How far is the closest habitat planet?
The closest habitat planet is Zeni X2 its orbiting a red dwarf about 2541 light years away from earth.
Is Sirius closer to earth than Rigel?
Sirius is a star, not a planet, and it is not the closest star to Earth or anywhere near being the closest (technically the closest star to Earth is the sun, and the next closest is Proxima Centauri).
Which planet is approximately 4 lights away from the earth?
if by lights you mean light years, no planet in our solar system is that far away, however, the closest star, aside from our sun, is about 4.2 light-years away Proxima Centauri.
What planet is 93 million miles away from the sun?
The planet Mars is approximately 13 light minutes from the Sun.
How many light years away is Jupiter from Earth?
How many light years away is Jupiter from Earth when there closest?
What is the closest thing to earth that can be measured in light years?
Anything can be measured in light time. The moon is about 1.3 light seconds (0.0000000412 light years) from the earth. The closest star system, which includes Alpha Centauri, is 4.3 light years away.
Where is the black hole in closest proximity to Earth?
It seems that the closest known black hole is at a distance of about 3000 light-years.
How far is the second closest star to the sun?
Mars is the 2nd closest planet to the Earth. Venus is the planet closest to the Earth.
How far are the closest star from earth?
4.2 light years away
What planet is 600 light years from Earth?
Kepler-22b.
How far away is the closest star to the Earth excluding the Sun?
Alpha Centauri is a trinary, about 4.5 light years from earth. Of those three stars, Proxima Centauri is the closest; it is 4.2 light years away.
Is the moon the closet planet to the earth?
The moon that revolves around the earth is not a star, it is part of the earth that was thrown off into space when the earth was hit by a large asteroid early in its development, about 30 million years after the earth first was formed. The closest star to the Earth is our Sun, it is a star and it is called Sol.
