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10/17/2011 1:48 PM

    erin r

    are there other nearby stars like our own sun, if so, how far away? thank you..
    Tags: Closest sun-like star

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    10/18/2011 11:01 AM

    Dear Erin,

    The closest star that is like our Sun is Alpha Centauri. It is the brightest star in the southern sky constellation Centaurus.

    Unlike our Sun, it is in a double star system, that is, it has a companion cooler star and the two "suns" orbit around their common center of mass.

    There are many such "binary" star systems in our galaxy.

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