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Our Nearest Star Our Nearest Star At night thousands of stars shine By day you can see just one Earth and the other planets circle the Sun the star in the center of our solar system Earth Mercury Sun Venus Mars 4
Earth is the third planet from the Sun Jupiter The Sun looks much bigger than other stars because it is so much closer Just 93 million miles 150 million kilometers separate Earth from the Sun It takes about eight minutes for the Sun’s light to reach Earth The light from the next closest star takes over four years to reach Earth 5
