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A light year is not measure of time but of the distance light travels in a year, about 186,272.379 miles a second.

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The distance a beam of light travels in one year-?

Light travels at approximately 186,000 miles per second, or 300,000 KM per second. There are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, and 365.24 days per year. Just multiply all those numbers together.


What is light year A parsec?

"Light-year" and "parsec" are two units of length used in astronomy - for distant objects. 1 parsec = 3.26 light-years. A light-year is defined as the distance that light travels in a year. A parsec is defined as the distance at which an object would have to be to have a parallax of one arc-second.


How light year is measured?

A light year is a unit of length used in Astronomy to define distance. One light year is equal to just under 6 trillion miles.


How many light years in a year?

The distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1 year; 5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometres.


How many earth years are in 1 light year?

ANSWER Additional Info: one light year measures about six trillion miles. 8-x ANSWER A bunch. A light-year is the distance light travels in one year, and at 186,000 miles per second, a L-Y is a pretty long way. Since the earth is about 24,000 miles around at it's fattest point, light can, if it wanted to, go around the earth ONE time in...let's see...24000 miles divided by 186000 per second...carry the one...just under 1/10 of a second, if my mental math is right, and it's probably off a bit...so, since there are how many seconds in a year?..show of hands...?? right, 1,892,160,000 - and light can go 186,000 miles in ONE second, 1,892,160,000 times 186,000 is....a bunch... ANSWER One light-year equals to 9 460 730 472 580.8 kilometers or 5 878 625 373 183.6 miles. The length of Earth´s equator is 40 075 kilometers or 24 901.5 miles. Dividing one by the other we will have aproximately 236 075 151 times around the Earth at the equator to cover one light-year length. Definitely ... a bunch...

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How many second in a light year?

A light year is a measure of distance, not time. A light year is the distance that light will travel in one year. One light second is 186,000 miles. A light year is a measure of distance, not time. A light year is the distance that light will travel in one year. One light second is 186,000 miles.


Is a light year the distance traveled by light in one second?

No, that would be a light-second. A light year is the distance light travels in one year, which is 5,865,696,000,000 miles (5.87 trillion miles). Or 946,080,000,000,00 light travel 300,000 km per second


How many miles are there in in a light year?

There are approximately 5.84 x 1012 (5,840,000,000,000) miles in one light year. This information is far from correct. There are 97,909,819,200 miles in a light year. Light travels 186,282 miles per second, & there are 525,600 is second in a year. 525,600 × 186282 = 97,909,818,200


How many km would light travel in a minute?

-Light travels at 299,792,458 meters per second.-There is 31,556,926 seconds in one year.-Light travels 9,460,528,412,464,108 meters in one year and after doing the math, light travels 9,460,528,412,464.108 kilometers in one year.


What value must you know to calculate how much a light-year represents?

A "light year" is the distance that light travels in one year. Light travels so fast that the speed of light is measured in miles per second or km per second. You probably already know how many seconds are in a minute (60), how many minutes are in an hour (60), how many hours are in a day (24), and how many days are in a year (365.24). So if you knew the speed of light, you could multiply all those numbers together and figure out how far light travels in a year. The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second or 300,00 kilometers per second.


What is the size of a light year?

It is hard to measure because light travels at such a high speed in one second that in one year, it would be too large a number to calculate. Try finding our the speed of light per second or minute and using conversions to calculate how many miles it would be. :)


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


How many kilometers is equal to one light year?

One light year is equal to approximately 9.46 trillion kilometers (or about 5.88 trillion miles). This distance represents how far light travels in a vacuum in one year. To put it in perspective, light moves at a speed of about 299,792 kilometers per second.


Can a comet go a light year in 1 second?

No. A light year is the distance light travels in a year, and nothing can travel faster than light. Therefore, the quickest that anything could travel a light year is 1 year. A comet travels much slower than light.


What number is 5865696000000?

One light year, or the distance that a beam of light can travel in one year, at 186,000 miles per second.


Light travel 300 000 kilometer per second one light year is equal to the distance that light travel in a year at the rate of 000 km per second find how many kilometer light travel in one minute?

The information about a light-year is not relevant to answer this particular question. To find out how far light goes (in a vacuum) in any specific time, simply multiply 300,000 (km/second) by the number of seconds.


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.