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Is the average distance from earth to the sun a light-year?
No. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is 8 light-minutes.It takes light 8 minutes to travel from the Sun to the Earth, in other words.The distance that light can travel in one year is one light-year.
Does light year denote distance on earth?
No. A light year measures such large distances that it would be highly impractical to measure anything on Earth. The light year is used to measure distance in space beyond the solar system.
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.
One ligh year is equal to how many years on earth?
One light year is equivalent to about 5,878,400,000,000 miles on earth.
What is the distance of Alrisha from earth?
Alrisha, in the constellation Pisces, is 139 light year from earth.
Do All stars in a constellation have to be within a light year?
No. No star other than the sun is within a light year of Earth. Most of the stars in constellations are dozens to hundreds of light years away.
How many light years does it take for the earth to revolve around the sun?
Please note that a light-year is a measure of distance, not a measure of time - just in case you were confusing that. The distance Earth moves around the Sun is much, much less than a light-year. The radius of Earth's orbit is 150 million kilometers; multiply that by 2 x pi to get the circumference (since it's approximately circular). A light-year is 9.5 x 1012 kilometers; you can base your calculations on that.
What is year and light year?
YEAR : The year is nothing but the days of 12 months or tone revolution of earth .LIGHT YEAR : The light year is nothing but the the days or the imetaken by the sunlight travel to the earth .
Are there any planets that are less then a light year away from Earth?
All of the planets in our Solar System are less than a light year away, but no other planets around other stars are within that distance.
What does a light year have to do with the sun and the earth?
A "light year" is a measure of distance, derived from "how far light can travel in one Earth year". Thus, if you shine a torch for the amount of time it takes the Earth to orbit the sun exactly once, that light would have travelled the distance of a "light year".
Is the average distance from earth to the sun a light-year?
No. The distance from the Earth to the Sun is 8 light-minutes.It takes light 8 minutes to travel from the Sun to the Earth, in other words.The distance that light can travel in one year is one light-year.
Is the distance from the sun to the earth 1 light year?
No. A light year is the distance light travels in a year. By comparison, the sun is about 8 light minutes from Earth. This distance from Earth to the sun is called 1 astronomical unit or 1 AU.
What is ligthyear?
A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year.
Why is mercurey is your galaxy?
Mercury is part of our Solar System; our Solar System is part of our galaxy. Look at it this way. Our galaxy - the Milky Way - has a diameter of about 100,000 light-years. We are not precisely in the center of the Milky Way, but everything within the Solar System is within a radius of about 1 light-year - far less in the case of planets in the Solar System (the 1 light-year refers to the Oort Cloud).
Is a light year measured in distance?
Not really. A light year is a measure of distance. It is the distance light can travel in one earth year, about 6 trillion miles
The sun is 1 light year away from the earth?
No. The sun is about 8 light minutes from Earth
Are light years used for within or beyond your solar system?
The light year, the unit of distance equal to the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one earth year, is used for distances between galaxies and between solar systems. It is too large for measurements within our solar system, since light from the sun takes only 8 minutes and about 20 seconds to reach Earth and only a few hours to reach the edge of our solar system.
