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Why stars measured in light years?

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Well, normal miles or kilometers would be far too small for the scale of distance between stars.

It's basically like saying I am going to measure the whole Earth in inches. It is going to be quadrillions of inches. There is no way! Same with stars the number is too high and light years are easier.

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