How many miles away is proxima centauri from earth?

Answer 1

(edit to original: proxima centuari is only 4 light years from earth. need to update calculations below based on thos)I have just been doing the math to figure out this distance myself. The numbers are quite staggering. What's incredible about it all is proxima centauri is the second closest star to earth. Now wait until you see these numbers, you will be blown away by the distance.

1. Proxima centauri is roughly 1,000 light years from earth

2. light travels at 186,000 miles per second ( or 657,600,000 mph)

3. 24(hours)x365(days)=8,760 hours in a year

now that we have both speed and distance lets figure out the equation...

657,600,000x8760=nx1000=Answer

(n= distance in miles after 1 year of traveling light speed)

n=5,760,576,000,000

5,760,576,000,000x1000=57,605,700,000,000,000 miles

Final answers is Proxima Centauri is 57,605,700,000,000,000 miles away from earth

Answer 2

Proxima Centauri is about 4.2 light years from Earth.

• About 4 x 1013 kilometers (40,000,000,000,000)
• About 2.5 x 1013 miles (25,000,000,000,000)
• About 265,606 AU
• About 1.3008808 Parsecs

If the Earth was only an inch from the Sun, at the same scale, Proxima Centauri would be 4.2 miles away.

It is the closest star to us, after the Sun.

Answer 3

Proxima Centuri is about 4.5 light-years away. If you could travel at one-percent the speed of light, it would take 450 years. Are we there yet....?

Answer 4

Proxima centauri is located 4.24 light years away from the earth. What this means is that it takes light 4.24 years to reach proxima centauri from the earth.

Answer 5

Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star and is the nearest star to us at a distance of 4.22 light-years.

Answer 6

You'll need to pack a lunch; the trip will take you 80,473,995 years 6 months at 35 miles per hour!

Answer 7

Proxima Centauri is the closest known star to the Sun, located approximately 4.24 light-years away from Earth. In miles, that is approximately 25 trillion miles.

Answer 8

It would take approx 4.24 years.