How far is the nearest Star to our Solar system?
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actually Proxima centuari 4.3 light years one of a triple group comprising of Alpha, Beta and Proxima
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I believe it is Alpha Centuri, 4.5 light years away.
The closest star to the solar system is Alpha Centauri, its about 4.39 light years away (25.8 trillion miles).
There is only one star in our solar system, and that is the sun, and it is 93 million miles away. The closest other star is Proxima Centauri, about 4 light-yrs away
It depends on which way you travel?
The Star Ship Enterprise at warp factor 9 is your best bet & would take approximately 10 mins!
The nearest star to our Solar System, and the second nearest star to Earth after the Sun, is Proxima Centauri. It is 39.9 trillion kilometres away. This is 4.2 light years away, meaning that light from Proxima Centauri takes 4.2 years to reach Earth.
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the sun
135Miles (217km)
proxima century, which is about 4.2 light years far from our solar system.
Proxima Centauri, 4.3 light years away.
It is the dimmest of the 3 stars that make up the Alpha Centauri star system. From Earth, they appear as a single star. The other 2 brighter stars are Bungula (alpha Centauri) and Agena (beta Centauri), which revolve around each other, next to Proxima.
In the sky, you can find the constellation of Centauri between that of Scorpio and Sagittarius, at Latitude 42 degrees South.
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nearest star in our solar system is the Sun. The other is Alpha Centauri, its about 4.39 light years away (25.8 trillion miles).
Please note that Alpha Centauri is NOT the closest star to the sun. Alpha denotes it is the brightest star in the constellation, visible to naked eye. Proxima Centauri is slightly closer, hence the name Proxima.
depends which way you go
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Try this Link Mate.Proxima Centauri 4.22 Light Years
The nearest star to our solar system is Proxima Centauri, a tiny Red Dwarf star some 4.22 lightyears away from us, third member of the Alpha Centauri triple system.
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Our Sun is the nearest star. It is about 8.32 light minutes away from Earth. The next nearest star is Proxima Centauri that is about 4.3 light years away. It has two companion stars that are a bit further away. The system is named for Alpha Centauri, the brightest of the three. The third star is called Beta Centauri or Alpha Centauri 2.
Proxima Centauri has been suggested as a logical first destination for interstellar travel, although as a flare star it would not be particularly hospitable. The current standard spaceship, the Space Shuttle, travels in orbit at 7.8 km/s. At that speed, it would take 160,000 years to reach Proxima. The fastest man-made spacecraft, the Helios II deep space probe, has set a speed record of 70.2 km/s. Even at that speed, the journey to Proxima Centauri would take 18,000 years. The proposed VASIMR propulsion system, possibly able to achieve speeds up to 300 km/s, would shorten the journey to a "mere" 4,200 years —still firmly beyond the current lifespan of both man and machine. It follows that interstellar travel would require significant development of radical ideas to become feasible, such as hypothetical generation ships, laser-pushed solar sails, nuclear fusion powered Bussard ramjets, nuclear pulse drives or warp drives.
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