Question

after the Sun the closest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri the next closest star is called Original can terrorist AKA Alpha Centauri Rachel Contreras is about 4.3 light years from Earth how many parsecs away is Virgil Contreras round your answer to the nearest tenth of a parsec

Answer 1

In this case, we'll have to carry out several steps to find the solution.

Step 01:

distance = 4.3 light years

distance => parsecs = ?

Step 02:

1 parsec = 3.26 light year

distance = 4.3 light year * (1 parsec / 3.26 light year)

= 1.319 parsecs

The answer is:

The distance is 1.3 parsecs.