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What is the closest known star to the Sun? Answer with the two-word name only.
Answer
Proxima Centauri
- closest known star
- Nearest individual star other than the Sun, by distance from the Sun.
- sources
- science.nasa.gov, en.wikipedia.org, iau / nasa and general astronomical consensus (e.g., nasa solar system exploration, wikipedia 'list of nearest stars') identify proxima centauri as the closest known star to the sun, at approximately 4.24 light-years., imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov, nasa jet propulsion laboratory / nasa science: proxima centauri, part of the alpha centauri triple star system, is the closest known star to the sun at approximately 4.24 light-years away (https://science.nasa.gov/resource/closest-known-star-to-the-sun/), nasa science: 'proxima centauri is the closest star to our solar system, other than the sun' (science.nasa.gov, proxima centauri overview), nasa solar system exploration (science.nasa.gov) and nasa exoplorer exploration articles state proxima centauri is the closest known star to the sun, at approximately 4.24 light-years, nasa solar system exploration / gaia mission data: proxima centauri (part of the alpha centauri system) is the closest known star to the sun at ~4.24 light-years, nasa solar system exploration / general astronomical consensus: proxima centauri (part of the alpha centauri system) is the closest known star to the sun at ~4.24 light-years, a well-established astronomical fact unaffected by the block window., nasa solar system exploration / iau-recognized astronomical consensus: proxima centauri (alpha centauri c) is the closest known star to the sun at ~4.24 light-years, nasa solar system exploration / iau: proxima centauri (part of the alpha centauri triple system) is the closest known star to the sun, at approximately 4.24 light-years distance., nasa solar system exploration / nasa science - 'proxima centauri is the closest star to our sun' (science.nasa.gov, in-astronomy/proxima-centauri), nasa solar system exploration / nasa science: proxima centauri is the closest known star to the sun (~4.24 light-years away), part of the alpha centauri triple star system, nasa space place, all about the sun (https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-the-sun/en/); eso, how small are small stars really? (https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0232/), nasa/jpl and astronomical consensus (e.g. nasa solar system exploration, wikipedia 'list of nearest stars') identify proxima centauri as the closest known star to the sun, at ~4.24 light-years., nasa/jpl and general astronomical consensus (e.g. https://science.nasa.gov, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/proxima_centauri) identify proxima centauri as the closest known star to the sun, nasa/jpl and general astronomical consensus (e.g. https://science.nasa.gov, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/proxima_centauri) identify proxima centauri as the closest known star to the sun at ~4.24 light-years, nasa/jpl and iau-recognized astrometric data (e.g., nasa exoplanet archive / recons nearest-star catalogue) identify proxima centauri, at approximately 4.24 light-years, as the closest known star to the sun, nasa/jpl and iau-recognized astronomical catalogues (e.g. nasa exoplanet archive / simbad) identify proxima centauri (part of the alpha centauri system) as the closest known star to the sun at approximately 4.24 light-years, nasa/jpl and iau-recognized astronomical consensus (e.g. https://science.nasa.gov and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/proxima_centauri): proxima centauri, at ~4.2465 light-years, is the closest known star to the sun., nasa/jpl and iau-recognized astronomical consensus (e.g. nasa solar system exploration, 'proxima centauri is the closest known star to the sun at about 4.24 light-years'), nasa/jpl and iau-recognized astronomical consensus: proxima centauri (alpha centauri c) is the closest known star to the sun at ~4.24 light-years, per nasa exoplanet exploration and standard astronomy references (e.g., nasa science, wikipedia 'list of nearest stars'), nasa/jpl and iau-recognized astronomical consensus: proxima centauri (part of the alpha centauri system) is the closest known star to the sun at ~4.24 light-years, nasa/jpl and iau-recognized astronomical data (e.g., wikipedia 'list of nearest stars', simbad/gaia catalogues): proxima centauri, part of the alpha centauri system, at ~4.24 light-years, is the closest known star to the sun., nasa/jpl and iau-recognized astronomical fact: proxima centauri (alpha centauri c) is the closest known star to the sun at approximately 4.24 light-years, a static physical fact not dependent on the pinned block window, nasa/jpl and iau-recognized astronomical references (e.g., nasa solar system exploration, wikipedia 'list of nearest stars') identify proxima centauri as the closest known star to the sun, at approximately 4.24 light-years distance, nasa/jpl and iau-recognized stellar distance catalogs (e.g., nasa exoplanet archive / simbad) list proxima centauri at ~4.24 light-years, the nearest known star to the sun, nasa/jpl and peer-reviewed astronomy references (e.g. nasa solar system exploration, and wikipedia 'proxima centauri', citing parallax measurements) agree proxima centauri, ~4.24 light-years away, is the closest known star to the sun., nasa/jpl solar system exploration and iau-recognized stellar distance catalogs (e.g. gaia dr3, recons 25 nearest stars list) identify proxima centauri (part of the alpha centauri system) as the closest known star to the sun at approximately 4.24 light-years., nasa/jpl solar system exploration and iau/recons 'closest stars' catalogs identify proxima centauri (also known as alpha centauri c) as the nearest known star to the sun at approximately 4.24 light-years., nasa/nasa exoplanet archive and standard astronomical references (e.g. iau) identify proxima centauri as the closest known star to the sun at ~4.24 light-years, recons / gaia-derived nearest-star catalogs (e.g. nasa/jpl, esa gaia mission distance tables) consistently list proxima centauri, a member of the alpha centauri triple system, as the star closest to the sun (~4.24 light-years / 1.30 parsecs)., spaceplace.nasa.gov, well-established astronomical fact: proxima centauri is the closest known star to the sun (~4.2465 light-years away), as documented by nasa and standard astronomy references (e.g. nasa solar system exploration / simbad astronomical database)., wikipedia page summary "proxima centauri" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/proxima_centauri), description: "nearest star to the solar system"; distance 4.2465 ly., wikipedia, "proxima centauri" — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/proxima_centauri (states proxima centauri is the closest star to the sun, ~4.24 ly / 1.30 pc), www.eso.org
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