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Distance to Proxima Centauri (nearest star to the Earth)

Distance to Proxima Centauri (nearest star to the Earth) (39.9 trillion km)

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Distance to Proxima Centauri (nearest star to the Earth) (39.9 trillion km)

  • is 4000 x Distance to Eris (dwarf planet) (10.17 billion km)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

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