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# The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year, approximately 9.46 trillion (9.46 × 1012) kilometers or 5.88 trillion (5.88 × 1012) miles.
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∙ 9y agoA light year is a measure of distance not a speed. It is the distance travelled by light in one year.
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What is the distance traveled in a year at the speed of light?
It is known as a light year.
When was One Light Year at Snail Speed created?
One Light Year at Snail Speed was created in 2003.
What are light-years?
The speed of light is 299,792,485 meters per second so if you travelled at this speed for a whole year that would be a 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.
The light year is measured by?
how far u can travel at the speed of light in a year
What is the distance in a year traveled at a speed of light known as?
It is known as a light year.
What is the distant of a light year?
It is the equivalent of how far light can travel at the speed of light in one year.
Who is the scientist use the light year to measure the speed of light?
It doesn't work that way. The light-year is not used to measure the speed of light. It works the other way round: First, the speed of light is determined through other methods, then the distance called a light-year is calculated based on that measurements.
What is the difference between light year and light min?
A light year is how far light travels in a year. A light min is how far light travels in a minute. light speed is 186000 mile/sec, at this speed you have to calculate how far it would travel in one year or one minute
Distance measurements based on the speed of light?
Light Year
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 many years to go one light year at the speed of light?
Exactly 1.000 year.
