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One light year away is equal to:
9,461,000,000,000 kilometers
9,461,000,000,000,000 meters
5,879,000,000,000 miles
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Nicole Sprinkle
the distance light travels in a year
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How do you use the word light year in a sentence?
We are a light-year away from our destination.The newly discovered, earth-like planet is a light-year away from us.
How do you use the word light-year in a sentence?
The undiscovered planet lay a light-year away from the swirling Milky Way galaxy.
How far away is a light-year?
A light-year is the distance light travels in a year. It is about 9.5 x 1015 meters.
How many light years away is your sun?
The sun is not light years away but light minutes and the sun is 8 (rounded) light minutes away from us. But if you really want to know how far away the sun is from us in light years it is 0.000015 of a light year away from us.
What is a light year and why do scientist use it?
A light year is a measure of how far light can travel in one year. It is a phenomenal distance, and is used to describe how far away stars are from us.
How long will it take for light to reach us from a galaxy 8 million light years away?
8 million years. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year.
How far away is your neighbor galaxy?
The Andromeda Galaxy is 2.5 Million Light year away.
The sun is 1 light year away from the earth?
No. The sun is about 8 light minutes from Earth
What is the light year of Venus's?
A light year is a distance, or the total distance a ray of light can travel in 1 year (light travels at 300,000,000m per second) to be accurate. When Venus is closest to earth, it is about 38 million kilometres away (0.000004017 light years). When Venus is furthest from earth, it is about 261 million kilometres away (0.000027588 light years).
How far away are light years?
A light year is a measurement of distance. It is the distance that light travels in a year. It usually measure the distance of things in space. One light year is about 5,869,713,600,000 miles or about 9,445,950,434,502 kilometres.
Scientist recently detected a new born star 100 light years away light from this star takes how many years to reach the earth?
Well the answer is in the question. A light year is the distance it takes light to travel in one year. If something is a 100 light years away, then it will take light ..........
Is Mercury a light year away from earth?
No it is not. Mercury is closer than a light year away.=======================================Pluto ... and anything closer to the sun than Pluto is ... is never more than about 400 light minutes from Earth.From here to the sun is about 81/3 light minutes.
