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How many times farther is Proxima Centauri from the sun than is earth from the sun

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eduard3 years ago

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When I work it out, I get roughly 270 thousand times.

Aleks04 [339]3 years ago

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Answer:

Of the three stars in the system, the dimmest - called Proxima Centauri - is actually the nearest star to the Sun. The two bright stars, called Alpha Centauri A and B form a close binary system; they are separated by only 23 times the Earth - Sun distance.

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