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A light-year is not a measure of time, but of distance: 5.87 x 1012 miles. The distance light could travel in one year. ______________________________________________________________________ one revolution of planet earth: one year.

the question this should be is: how long is a light year- that answer i do not know A light year is a unit of distance equal to 5,865,696,000,000 miles

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