[DOC] [TLE] How long to travel to Alpha Centauri? | Science Wire | EarthSky [PAR] Apr 29, 2016 ... Alpha Centauri is the nearest star system to our sun at 4.3 light-years away. That's about 25 trillion miles (40 trillion km) away from Earth  nearly 300,000 times the distance from the Earth to the sun. [DOC] [TLE] Nearest Star - The Cosmic Distance Scale - NASA [PAR] A light year is the distance light travels in one year - it is equal to 9.46 x 1012 km. Alpha Centauri A & B are roughly 4.35 light years away from us. Proxima Centauri is slightly closer at 4.22 light years. [DOC] [TLE] How Long Would It Take To Travel To The Nearest Star? - Universe ... [PAR] Sep 6, 2016 ... Alpha Centauri is actually the brightest star of the three in the system ... years to 
traverse the 4.24 light years between Earth and Proxima Centauri. ... would take 
76,000 years (or over 2,500 generations) to travel that distance. [DOC] [TLE] Alpha Centauri: Nearest Star System to the Sun - Space.com [PAR] Aug 24, 2016 ... It is about 4.22 light-years from Earth and is the closest star other than the ... The 
average distance between them is about 11 astronomical units... [DOC] [TLE] How far is the closest star? | The Sun's Nearest Neighbor [PAR] Jul 22, 2014 ... The Sun is the closest star to Earth, about 93 million miles away. The Sun's 
nearest neighbor, Alpha Centauri, is actually a triple-star system ... of being our 
true nearest stellar neighbor at only 4.24 light years away. ... miles, which is 
about the distance from coast to coast on the continental United States. [DOC] [TLE] What is the distance from Earth to Alpha Centauri? | Reference.com [PAR] Alpha Centauri is a binary star system that is 4.37 light years away. ... How far 
from earth is the closest star other than the sun? ... A: The average distance 
between Earth and Jupiter is 483 million miles, so it would take 43 minutes to 
travel from... [DOC] [TLE] Distance to the Nearest Star - Hypertextbook [PAR] "Proxima Centauri is 4.3 light-years from the Sun", 4.3 light year ... kilometers, 
some 270,000 times greater than the distance between the earth and the sun. ... 
Alpha Centauri is a double star -- two stars revolving about each other that are 
too... [DOC] [TLE] Alpha Centauri - Wikipedia [PAR] Alpha Centauri ( Cen) is the closest star system to the Solar System at a 
distance of 4.37 light-years .... As seen from Earth, Proxima Centauri is 2.2 
southwest from Alpha Centauri AB. This is .... This is equivalent to 0.24 light years 
or 2.2 trillion kilometresabout 5% the distance between Alpha Centauri AB and 
the Sun. [DOC] [TLE] Close Stars - HyperPhysics [PAR] It is about 4 light years distance, or about 3.8x1016 m. ... The closest star to the 
sun is Proxima Centauri, but its brighter neighbor Alpha Centauri, ... If the Earth 
were scaled to 0.5 mm diameter, then the Sun would be a ball of diameter 5.4 cm
... [DOC] [TLE] Scale of distance to closest stars | Scale of earth, sun, galaxy and ... [PAR] Feb 20, 2011 - 8 minIt uses a radio frequencies to communicate with Earth, so the information is  traveling at the ... [DOC] [TLE] Light Speed Ahead! - Utah Science [PAR] There are various methods that scientists use to measure distances in space. ... 
327 light minutes (0.000624 light years); Alpha Centauri (our next closest star) = 
4.35 light years ... What is the difference in light years between Pluto and Earth? [DOC] [TLE] The 26 Nearest Stars to Earth [PAR] The Nearest Stars, as Seen from the Earth ... Common Name, Scientific Name, 
Distance (light years), Apparent Magnitude, Absolute Magnitude, Spectral Type ... 
Proxima Centauri, V645 Cen, 4.2, 11.05 (var.) ... Alpha Cen B, 4.3, 1.33, 5.7, K1V. [DOC] [TLE] How many light-years is it to the nearest sun? - Quora [PAR] According to this Google query, it's 1.58125  10

Question: To the nearest light year, the distance between Earth & Alpha Centauri
Answer: 4 light years