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Stars nearest to the Earth

List format: name of the star: distance in light years (based on calculations known for 2024)

1. Sun: 0.0000158 (149'600'000 km)
2. Proxima Centauri: 4.25
3. α Centauri A and α Centauri B: 4.34
4. Barnard's star: 5.96
5. Luhman 16 A and Luhman 16 B: 6.50
6. WISE 0855–0714: 7.43
7. Wolf 359: 7.86
8. Lalande 21185: 8.30
9. Sirius A and Sirius B: 8.71
10. Gliese-65 (Luyten 726-8 A and Luyten 726-8 B): 8.73
11. Ross 154: 9.71
12. Ross 248: 10.31

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