Everybody keeps saying its Alpha Centauri, and i know that. But Alpha Centauri is a star system full of stars close to each other. Can anyone name all the stars in that star system?
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"Proxima Centauri, Proxima or Alpha Centauri C (α Cen C), is probably gravitationally associated with Alpha Centauri AB. Proxima is now placed at the slightly smaller distance of 1.29 parsecs or 4.24 light years from the Sun, making it the closest star to the Sun, even though it is not visible to the naked eye."
"Since the distance between the Sun and Alpha Centauri AB does not differ significantly from either star, gravitationally this binary system is considered as if it were one object.[18]"
YOUR ANSWERS IN LAYMAN TERMS: Promixa Centauri (1 of the 3 Centauris) is the closest to our sun. The other two [large] Centauris, are said to be of equal distance since they're so close to one another...
"Since the distance between the Sun and Alpha Centauri AB does not differ significantly from either star, gravitationally this binary system is considered as if it were one object.[18]"
YOUR ANSWERS IN LAYMAN TERMS: Promixa Centauri (1 of the 3 Centauris) is the closest to our sun. The other two [large] Centauris, are said to be of equal distance since they're so close to one another...
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alpha centauri A, Alpha Centauri B, Alpha Centauri C
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The Sun.
Sun is a star, so it's itself is the closest star.
Sun is a star, so it's itself is the closest star.
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All i can find out is Alpha Centauri so that must be it.
Look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nea…
Look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nea…
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somewhere in the Andromeda Galaxy?