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It is known as a light year.
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Does it take a light year to get from sun to earth?
No, it takes far less than a light year for light from the sun to reach the earth. In light years, it is a tiny fraction: .00001581 light year. That's a just little more than 1-1/2 ten thousandths of a light year.
What is the concept of a light yea?
I guess u r talkin about light year. It is referred to as the distance travelled at the speed of light for a year. means if an object travels at a speed of light(3*10^8 m/s) for a year, the distance travelled by it is known as 1 light year.
What is a light year and explain it using a suitable example which talks about position of stars?
A light year, is the distance that you would travel in one year if you were traveling at light speed. It is equal to about 6 trillion miles and 9 trillion kilometers. It doesn't really deal with the position of the stars but their distances from earth. Example: Sirius is about 8 light years from earth. If you traveled at light speed in its direction, you would arrive in about 8 years.
How fast is a light year in meters per second?
"Meters per second" is a proper and wonderful unit for speed, but there's no answer to that question, because a 'light-year' is not a speed. It's a distance, defined as the distance that light travels through vacuum in one year. Speed of light in vacuum . . . 299,792,458 meters per second Length of 1 light-year . . . . . 9.4605284 × 1015 meters
What is meant by light year is how far light travel in one?
It is the distance travelled by light in one year at a speed of 186,000 miles per second
What is the distance in a year traveled at a speed of light known as?
It is known as a light year.
How many light-years are in 6.791016?
A light year is the distance traveled by light at a speed of 186,000 miles per second in a year. So the answer would be insignificant and hardly noticed.
What is use by scientist to measure the distance light travel in one year?
Scientists don't measure the distance light travels in one year. They calculate it by measuring the speed of light. The speed is 300,000,000 meters/sec. and can be measured in the laboratory with a rotating mirror apparatus. To get the distance traveled by light in one year you multiply the speed (above) by the number of seconds in a year. The answer will come out in meters and is also called one light year.
The distance traveled by light in a year?
It's Nova ;)
What is an explanation of a light year?
The distance traveled by light in a one year period :3
When scientist refer to a light year?
A light-year is the distance traveled by light in one year. Note that light moves at a speed of about 300,000 km/second.A light-year is defined to have EXACTLY 9,460,730,472,580,800 meters (or approximately 9.5 quadrillion meters).
What is 5865696000000?
The Distance traveled in miles in 1 light year. TL
What is a measurement of distance based on the speed of light?
A unit that is commonly used in astronomy is the light-year - the distance light travels in a year.
How far is the light-year?
A light year is the distance traveled by light in one year's time (in space). This equates to 5,878,499,810,000 miles or 9,460,528,400,000 kilometers.
Is a light year 150 million km?
No. 150 million km is the distance from Earth to Sun, and this distance is called an AU (astronomical unit). Light travels this distance in about 8 minutes.A light-year is the distance traveled by light in a year, which of course is much more than the distance traveled in 8 minutes. A light-year is approximately 9.461 x 10 to the power 12 km.
Distance measurements based on the speed of light?
Light Year
What is the speed of light year kilometer per hour?
"Light-year" is not a speed, it is a distance - the distance light travels in a year.The speed of light is 300,000 kilometers per second. If you multiply that by 3600 (seconds/hour), you get the speed in km/hour.
