What is the fourth nearest star to our solar system?

Answer 1

Proxima Centauri is the closest star to our Sun, at 4.2 LY. Curiously, even though it is the closest, it is not visible to the naked eye! Proxima Centauri is a tiny red dwarf star, and requires a fair-sized telescope to see.

For a long time, many people thought that the closest star was Alpha Centauri, which isn't entirely incorrect. The Alpha Centauri system is actually a double star with a very distant triple; Alpha Centauri A (also known as Rigel Kent) and Alpha Centauri B form a binary system, and Proxima, Alpha Centauri C, is very distantly linked at about 0.3 LY.

Answer 2

the closest star I can think of is the alpha centorie system it has there are 3 bynary stars in it though

Answer 3

Since Alpha Centauri is a trinary, the fourth closest star is Barnard's Star, a red dwarf in the constellation Ophiuchus, about six light years away.

Answer 4

Proxima Centauri is the closest star to our Solar System. It is 4.24 light years away, appoximately.

Answer 5

Apart from our own sun which is in the solar system the closest star to us is Proxima Centauri at 4.2 light years away.

It is 1 or 3 stars in the Alpha Centauri triple star system.

Answer 6

After our own Sun, the nearest known star is Proxima Centauri.

Answer 7

The fourth nearest star to our solar system is Proxima Centauri, which is located in the Alpha Centauri star system. It is a red dwarf star and is about 4.24 light-years away from us.