Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Centauri
Description: WEBThe distance of Alpha Centauri from the Earth is now reckoned at 4.396 light-years or 4.159 × 10 13 km.) Alpha Centauri A (left) is of the same stellar type G2 as the Sun, while Alpha Centauri B (right) is a K1-type star. Later, John Herschel made the first micrometrical observations in 1834.
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Link: https://www.space.com/18090-alpha-centauri-nearest-star-system.html
Description: WEBMar 5, 2023 · Although it's the closest star system to Earth, Alpha Centauri is still more than 4 light-years away. That's about 23.5 trillion miles (37.8 trillion km).
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Link: https://www.britannica.com/place/Alpha-Centauri
Description: WEBFeb 27, 2024 · Its mass is at least 1.3 times that of Earth and thus is deemed a rocky planet like Earth. Its orbital period of 11.2 days puts it within Proxima’s habitable zone, at the distance from the star where water can exist in liquid form on a planet’s surface.
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Link: https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/alpha-centauri-triple-star-system-about-4-light-years-from-earth/
Description: WEBJun 6, 2018 · Alpha Centauri is a triple star system located just over four light years, or about 25 trillion miles, from Earth. While this is a large distance in terrestrial terms, it is three times closer than the next nearest Sun-like star.
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Link: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/infographics/the-nearest-star-system
Description: WEBNov 11, 2013 · Alpha Centauri is the nearest star system. Distance from Earth 4,365 al (40 000 billion kilometers. The Sun (yellow star) distance from Earth 150 000 000 km, the exoplanet distance from Alpha Centauri b (orange star) 6 000 000 km. Download JPG.
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Link: https://www.star-facts.com/alpha-centauri/
Description: WEBAug 30, 2020 · Alpha Centauri (α Cen) is a triple star system located at a distance of 4.37 light years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. It is the nearest star system to the Sun and hosts the nearest extrasolar planets to Earth.
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Link: https://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/alpha-centauri-is-the-nearest-bright-star/
Description: WEBApr 16, 2023 · Alpha Centauri A and B are gravitationally bound together, orbiting about a common center of mass every 79.9 years at a relatively close proximity, varying between 11.2 to 35.6 astronomical...
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Link: https://www.constellation-guide.com/alpha-centauri/
Description: WEBJul 6, 2014 · Alpha Centauri is the nearest star system to the Sun, located at a distance of only 4.37 light years or 1.34 parsecs from Earth. It is the brightest star in Centaurus constellation and the third brightest star in sky. It is only slightly brighter than Arcturus in Boötes constellation and Vega in Lyra.
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Link: https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources/far-closest-star/
Description: WEBJul 22, 2014 · ESA / Hubble & NASA. The simple answer is that the Sun is the closest star to Earth, about 93 million miles away. But that might not answer your question. Outside of our Sun, our system's nearest neighbor is Alpha Centauri. This isn't a single star, it's actually a triple-star system — three stars bound together by gravity.
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Link: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20377
Description: WEBJun 13, 2023 · At 4.3 light-years away, Alpha Centauri A and B are the nearest Sun-like stars to our solar system.
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