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Why is the distance to planets usually given in kilometers whereas the distance to the stars are given in light years?
Because stars are much, much further away than planets are. What sounds better? The nearest star is 4.24 lightyears away or 40,132,658,900,000 (Or 4.013x10^13) kilometers? To go even deeper, it's better to give distance in astronomical units (1 au = Mean distance from Sun to Earth), megameters (1Mm = 1,000km) or gigameters (1Gm = 1,000,000km) when refering to planets. When refering to distance, it's best and least confusing to use smaller units. If you reference somoething extremely far away, you would often use parsecs (Be it parsecs, megaparsecs, etc.). where 1 parsec = 3.2 lightyears.
What is distance from earth to moon in km?
The average distance from Earth to the Moon is about 384,400 kilometers.
How many lightyears is the moon from the earth?
The moon is about 0.0000000406 light years away from earth. Clearly, the moon is MUCH too close (238,000 or 239,000 miles or so) for the distance to be rendered meaningfully in light years.
How many kilometers is star wolf 359 from the earth?
I can't give you the answer in kilometres, but Wolf 359 is 7.78 lightyears from Earth
How many light years away from the earth is mercury?
Mercury Is 0.000131 lightyears away from earth
What is the distance to the second nearest star from earth?
it is 4.24 lightyears away
How long is the distance from earth to the star Gemini?
over 9000 lightyears away
How far away is the moon in lightyears?
it is 0.0000000406 lightyears away, it is pretty close.
Why is the distance to planets usually given in kilometers whereas the distance to the stars are given in light years?
Because stars are much, much further away than planets are. What sounds better? The nearest star is 4.24 lightyears away or 40,132,658,900,000 (Or 4.013x10^13) kilometers? To go even deeper, it's better to give distance in astronomical units (1 au = Mean distance from Sun to Earth), megameters (1Mm = 1,000km) or gigameters (1Gm = 1,000,000km) when refering to planets. When refering to distance, it's best and least confusing to use smaller units. If you reference somoething extremely far away, you would often use parsecs (Be it parsecs, megaparsecs, etc.). where 1 parsec = 3.2 lightyears.
How far away are Cancer's stars?
The closest (DX Cnc) is 11.8 lightyears away. The farthest is nearly 4000 lightyears away.
How long would it take to reach 20 lightyears away?
It would all depend on the speed travelling, as time = distance/speed.
What means space?
space means a outside cold world lightyears and lightyears away in the deep space
What is the distance from Chicago IL to St Thomas VI?
1 mile unless you go the long route voa heaven and the it is 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 lightyears away
How can you tell on a distance time graph if the object is moving towards or away from you?
Only if you know your location (the coordinate on the distance scale and the time scale) where "you" are can you infer if the object is moving towards you (the absolute distance to the object is decreasing) or away from you (the distance is increasing).
How far away is the star pollux?
666 Lightyears
What type of star is Zavijah?
it is a galaxy lightyears away
How far away is Procyon?
11.41 lightyears from the Sun.
