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What can the distances to nearby stars be measured by?
Light years
Is the distance between stars and earth measured in kilometres or light-years?
Light Years.
In distance in space between stars and earth measured in kilometres or light years?
in light years
What can the distances of nearby stars be measured by?
parsecs or light years
How is the distance of stars in being measured?
Light years or Parsecs
Explain why stars distances is measured in light years?
because the stars are very far away so the astronomers use light years
What units are distances to stars measured in and why?
Usually such distances are measured either in light-years, or in parsecs.
What is it called when you measure distance between stars?
usually the space is measured in light years
Why is star distances measured in light year?
because the stars are very far away so the astronomers use light years
How many light years are there in stars that are in your sky?
The distance to stars is measured in light years, which is the distance light travels in one year. The stars we see in the night sky are typically several light years away, with the closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri, about 4.24 light years away.
Units used to measure the distance to stars in terms of whether their starlight takes minutes or years to reach earth?
The distance to stars is typically measured in light-years, which is the distance light travels in one year. Light-years are used because the distances to stars are vast and measuring in kilometers or miles would be impractical. For closer stars, distances can sometimes be measured in parsecs, which is another unit of distance based on trigonometric parallax.
Why do you think the distances to stars are measured in light years?
Distances to stars are mainly measured in PC (Parsecs). Light years are also used because the distances covered are so great. For example. Proxima Centauri our nearest neighbourhood star is: Light years: 4.23 Parsecs(PC): 1.3009. If we used miles then the distance would be: 24,866,054,200,000 or kilometers 40,018,035,200,000 Which one is the easiest to remember and that is your answer
