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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.
Convert 70000 light years to earth calendar year?
Light years is a measure of distance, not of time; it is the distance that light travels in one year.
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.
How many months are there in a light year?
A light year is a measure of distance. A light year is about 9,460,000,000,000 km, the distance light travels in a vacuum in one Earth year. It has nothing to do with weeks, months, days, etc. or any other of our calendar measurements of time.
How many Earth years equals .2 light years?
Light-years are not a measure of time. Light-years are a measure of distance, the distance that light travels in a year. This measurement is used to measure the distance between stellar objects like galaxies, stars, and sometimes planets.
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
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.
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.
Convert 70000 light years to earth calendar year?
Light years is a measure of distance, not of time; it is the distance that light travels in one year.
What is ligthyear?
A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year.
4.3light year is equais to how many earth years?
In spite of its name, a light year does not indicate time, but it indicates distance! It actually equates to the distance that light travels in one Earth year, which is a very big distance, seeing that light travels at 186,000 miles per second.
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".
What is the smallest distance from earth to moon or light year?
The average distance between Earth and the Moon is about 384,400 km. One light year is the distance light travels in one year, approximately 9.46 trillion km. So, the smallest distance is from Earth to the Moon.
What does 6300 light years equal to in earth years?
A light year is a measure of distance not time. A light year is the distance light travels in one year. So for light to travel 6,300 light years, would take 6,300 years
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.
Stellar distance are usually expressed in what units?
A light year
Can you convert 30 light years in earth years?
No - a light year is a unit of distance - not time so you can't convert.
