TIL: What the Top 10 Closest Stars are!
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We all know the universe is rapidly expanding. In fact, I will calculate how long it would take, if we were to (hypothetically) space travel to reach another star other than our own Sun. But first, let's see the 10 closest stars in closest from our planet!
The top 10 closest stars from our planet is as follows:
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As you can see, the second closest star, Proxima Centauri is 4.2421 light years from Earth. A light year is approximately 6 trillion miles. So, the second closest star is 2.545 * 10^13 miles from us!
Since the speed of light is 186,000 miles per second and assuming we are travelling the speed of light, and light can travel 5,878,499,817 miles in a year, it would still take around 4.2421 years to reach the second closest star.
Imagine the billions and billions of other stars out there in our galaxy, and billions of other galaxies out there!
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Hi, @mdog, Your article is fine and interesting, right up to the next to the last paragraph... You may want to revise it?
If you could travel at the speed of light, it would only take you 4.2421 years to reach Proxima Centauri... think about it! ;)
It must have been a mistake in my calculation, thanks for catching that!
You're very welcome. ;) Glad to help a fellow Steemian! ;)
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Thanks! I followed you :P
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