Braingle: 'Light-year' Brain Teaser

Light-year

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Puzzle ID:	#1052
Fun:	(2.42)
Difficulty:	(1.26)
Category:	Science
Submitted By:	starman

A light-year is the distance that light travels in a year. How many light-years are we away from the nearest star?

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Don Ray Dec 02, 2001	Zero. The question was how many light years, the implication being that it is at least 2. Maybe instead just say, "How far..."
CCat20 Oct 06, 2002	What about the sun?
haldir Sep 03, 2005	I knew it was the sun...
jntrcs Apr 20, 2006	o thats good i like a trick/science teaser i forgot the sun i was thinking of the other star.
DEJL Sep 26, 2006	Cool!
DEJL Sep 26, 2006	Cool!
joefish Oct 24, 2006	good teaser, I liked the trick awnser
deadsnakebiting Mar 14, 2007	I knew that!
LeafFan4life Apr 03, 2007	i knew that. This was easy(but still good and tricky)and isnt it 1 AU or something away in distance
timon_dmlybots Aug 18, 2007	not bad..but i didnt get it....