An Earth year is a measure of the time it takes for the earth to make one complete orbit of the sun. So this is actually a unit of time.
A light year is the distance light will travel in one Earth year. So this is a unit of distance.
So the two units are not comparable for the reasons of this question.
A light-year is a unit of distance, not time. It's the distance light travels in one year.
A light year is a measure of distance, not a time. It's the distance that light travels through vacuum in one year.
An Earth year is a measurement of time, i.e., approximately 365.25 Earth days. A light year is a measurement of distance, i.e., the distance that light travels in a year. As such, the two cannot be compared with one another.
A light year is a measurement of distance where as one Earth year is a measurement of time.
1 light year is the distance a photon of light travels in 1 Earth year which is about 9,460.5 billion km.
None. Even though the two terms sound as if they're two forms of the same thing,
they're not.
A "year" is a period of time. It's the time between two of the same person's birthdays,
the time between two consecutive New Year's Eves, and the time it takes the earth
to complete one orbital trip around the sun.
A "light year" is not a p[eriod of time. It's a measure of distance. It's the distance that
light travels through space in one year. It's an enormous distance, but it doesn't even
get you to the nearest star outside our solar system.
In units that we can understand, one light year is roughly 5,878,500,000,000 miles.
You can see why it's a lot easier to talk about light years than miles when you need to
describe distances in space.
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One light year is equivalent to about 5,878,400,000,000 miles on earth.
In spite of its name, a light year does not indicate time, but it indicates distance! It actually equates to the distance that light travels in one Earth year, which is a very big distance, seeing that light travels at 186,000 miles per second.
This is not a proper question. A light year is not a period of time. It is the distance light travels through space in one year's time - about 5.86 trillion miles.
A light-year is the distance light travels in a year. Therefore, if a certain star is "x" light-years from Earth, then it takes light "x" years to get fromthe star to us. Or the other way round.
It's exactly 7 light years away.One light year is the distance that light travels through space in one year.7 of those is a distance of something like 41,150,289,900,000 miles.
you cant light years refer to the distance light can travel in 1 year 1 Light Year = 5878625373183.61 Miles
A light year is a measure of distance not time. A light year is the distance light travels in one year. So for light to travel 6,300 light years, would take 6,300 years
the earth has light every day except in Alaska it has 205 days every year now if you talkin about how many days the earth has light left we in all facts we have about 100 million years left
Light years is a measure of distance, not of time; it is the distance that light travels in one year.
Jupiter is about 43 light minutes from the earth on average.
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 ..........
There are two Magellanic clouds at distances of 160,000 and 200,000 light-years from the Earth. 1 light year is 9.46073E12 kilometres.