Ten Nearest Stars to Earth

What is the nearest star to planet earth?

One of those old chestnut science and astronomy questions..... What is the nearest star to planet earth? The answer of course is the Sun which is the star around which our planet earth and the whole solar system revolves. Here are the ten nearest stars to earth, NOT counting the Sun.

Ten Nearest Stars to Earth

Proxima Centauri - 4.22 Light Years Distant (33,923,310,000,000 Kilometres Distant).
Alpha Centauri - 4.35 Light Years Distant (41,153,175,000,000 Kilometres Distant).
Barnard's Star - 5.98 Light Years Distant (56,790,790,000,000 Kilometres Distant).
Wolf 359 - 7.75 Light Years Distant (73,318,875,000,000 Kilometres Distant).
Lalande 21185 - 8.22 Light Years Distant (77,765,310,000,000 Kilometres Distant).
Luyten 726-8 - 8.43 Light Years Distant (79,752,015,000,000 Kilometres Distant).
Sirius - 8.65 Light Years Distant (81,833,325,000,000 Kilometres Distant).
Ross 154 - 9.54 Light Years Distant (89,401,725,000,000 Kilometres Distant).
Ross 248 - 10.40 Light Years Distant (98,389,200,000,000 Kilometres Distant).
Epsilon Eridani - 10.80 Light Years Distant (102,173,400,000,000 Kilometres Distant).

What is the nearest star to planet earth?

What is the nearest star to planet earth? - It is still the sun! So don't get caught out if you are asked that question - The real question might be What is the nearest star to planet earth, apart from The Sun? The answer then is Proxima Centauri, which is just over four light years away. (See above!).