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PROXIMA CENTAURI Alpha Centauri is the brightest star system in the constellation of Centaurusis and is also the outermost "pointer" to the Southern Cross.
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Name the star nearest to earth except sun?
Proxima centauri.After the Sun (8 minutes away at light speed), the next closest star is Promixa Centuri, at 4 1/2 light years away
How does the earth spin around the sun?
the earth spinds around the sun because gravity makes it orbit
How far is the Earth from the Sun in feet?
491 billion
Why do shadows become big and small?
Shadows change size because as the the goes on the sun travels round the earth causing the sun to be closer or further away, the closer the sun is to the earth the bigger the Shadow, and vice versa. The Shadow will be at its biggest at around midday.
What is the centermost layer of the earth?
The inner core is the innermost part of Earth's structure. Composed mainly of nickel iron and heavy metals, it has a temperature of about 5700 deg C, (the same as the surface of the Sun) and is solid because of the pressure. It is heated mainly by radioactive decay, but a small contribution by gravitation pressure is also present.
What is the nearest star at the earth?
The sun. Next closest is proxima centuri.
What is Earth's nearest star?
the sun is earth's nearest star!
What is the closest star to earth Neptune or the sun?
As Neptune is not a star the question is unnecessary - the Sun is the nearest star to the Earth. After that the next star is Alpha Proxima.
Is the sun closer to earth than a star?
The sun is a star, the closest one to Earth. The next nearest star to Earth is about 265,000 times farther away than the sun is.
What is the nearest star to earth next to the sun?
That is Alpha Centuari C.
Which star is the nearest to earth?
The nearest star to Earth is the Sun.
How many lightyears is the nearest star from the earth?
The nearest star to Earth is the sun, at a distance of 0.000016 light years from Earth. The next nearest star, Proxima Centauri, is about 4.2 light years away.
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 star to Earth and the center of your solar system?
The nearest star to the Earth is the Sun, the nearest Galaxy is the Milky Way, the one we live in.
Other then the sun which is nearest star to earth?
Proxima Centauri is the nearest star to the Earth besides the Sun.
Is proxima centauri the nearest star to earth?
No. The nearest star to Earth is the sun.
Is the sun a giant star farthest from Earth?
No. The sun is the nearest star to Earth. The next closes star is more than 250,000 times farther away. The sun is larger than the average star, but not a giant.
