What is the 3rd closest star on earth?

Answer 1

ANSWER:With the Sun being the first, Proxima Centauri is the next closest at 4.22 light years away in the Alpha Centauri star system.

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Answer 2

This may be a trick question. The CLOSEST star to the Earth is the Sun, at a distance of about 8.3 light-minutes.

The next-closest star is the red dwarf Proxima Centauri, at about 4.2 light years. Even though it is the closest star to the Sun, it's invisibly dim and small.

Beyond that, the next closest is Alpha Centauri, at about 4.5 LY.

Answer 3

The Sun is technically "the nearest star to earth." Proxima Centauri, at about 4 light-years from our solar system, is otherwise the closest star.

Alpha Centauri is a triple star system that is closest to Earth. The closest star of the three is a red dwarf called Proxima Centauri. The other two stars form a binary system about 3% farther away.

Answer 4

Excluding ourSun at 93,000,000 miles (150,000,000 km)

Proxima Centauri (4.2 light years from our solar system),
Rigil Kentaurus (4.3 light years) (A binary star system)
Alpha Centauri A

Alpha Centauri B

Barnard's Star (5.9 light years)

Answer 5

The closest star is the Sun, the closest star system outside of our own is the Alpha Centauri system; Proxima Centauri (believed to be part of this system) would be the second-closest star, so the third-closest star will sometimes be Alpha Centauri A, and sometimes Alpha Centauri B, depending where exactly they are in their orbit about one another.

Answer 6

In order of closeness The Sun (93,000,000 miles). Alpha Centurai (4.3 Light years (ly)) Barnard's Star (6 ly), Wolf 35 (7.8 ly), Lalande 21185 (8.3 ly), and Sirius (8.5 ly).

Answer 7

The sun is the closest star. Alpha Centauri is the second closest at 4.2 light years away.

Answer 8

The second closest body from earth is mars after moon, the closest.

Answer 9

The closest stars to Earth are:-

# The Sun at 93 million miles

# Proxima Centauri at 4.2 light years # Alpha Centauri at 4.3 light years

Answer 10

Because of their binary orbit - Alpha Centari A and Alpha Centauri B are the second and third closest stars to us.

Alpha Centauri C (Proxima Centauri) is the closest star to us.