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A light year is the distance that light can travel in a year.

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What does astronomical term LY mean?

LY stands for light year, which is a unit of distance in astronomy. It represents the distance that light travels in one year in a vacuum, approximately 9.461 trillion kilometers. It is commonly used to describe vast distances in the universe.


What mysteries are in astronomy?

There are numerous vast amounts of objects that are in space that we cannot determine. It would take too much time to find everything in the universe. Planets such as GCP-925 (which is millions of ly away) is half the size of earth, has a oxygen-rich enviornment, and has lung-like creatures living on it. This is as far as we can go to the various things our universe holds.


What does 336 D in a LY mean?

In the context of a LY (light year), "336 D" typically refers to the distance of 336 parsecs, where "D" stands for parsecs. A parsec is approximately 3.26 light years, so 336 parsecs is about 1,096 light years. This measurement is often used in astronomy to describe distances to stars or galaxies.


What does ly stand for in Astronomy?

That is short for "light-year" - the distance light travels in a year. Approximately 9.5 million million kilometers.


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How much is 92 billion light years in millions?

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What measurement do scientists use for the distance between stars and Earth?

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What is the suffix of promptly?

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Can the verb end in -ly?

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