The nearest star,Proxima Centauri,is about four light years away and has a luminosity about 0.001 times that of the Sun.If Proxima Centauri were at a distance of one light year instead of four,how much brighter would it appear in the sky?
A) twice as bright
B) four times as bright
C) 16 times as bright
D) 4000 times as bright
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