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    What is the nearest star to Earth?

    Question #79416. Asked by j_star1. (Apr 24 07 1:44 PM)


    sobottka

    		The nearest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri and it lies 4.2 light years away.

    Apr 24 07, 1:49 PM
    paper_aero

    		The Sun

    Apr 24 07, 2:34 PM
    zbeckabee

    		The Sun is the nearest star to Earth.


    http://www.williams.edu/Astronomy/neareststar/

    Apr 24 07, 3:08 PM
    Yaarbiriah

    		Not counting the sun, the nearest star would be Proxima centauri, also known as Alpha Centauri because it's the brightest star of the constellation Centaurus

    Apr 24 07, 3:29 PM
    davejacobs

    		To be precise, proxima centauri is one of three stars in the alpha centauri system
    See
    http://business.fortunecity.com/soros/98/proxima.html

    Apr 25 07, 11:01 AM

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