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What Is the Parallax Angle for Proxima Centauri, Which Is 4.34.3

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What is the parallax angle for Proxima Centauri, which is Earth's nearest star at 4.34.3 ly? The earth's orbit has a mean radius of 1.5×108 km1.5 \times 10 ^ { 8 } \mathrm {~km} , and 1ly=9.46×1015 m1 \mathrm { ly } = 9.46 \times 10 ^ { 15 } \mathrm {~m} .


A) 2.1×1072.1 \times 10 ^ { - 7 } degrees
B) 1.2×10141.2 \times 10 ^ { - 14 } degrees
C) 1.2×1071.2 \times 10 ^ { - 7 } degrees
D) 2.1×1042.1 \times 10 ^ { - 4 } degrees

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