What is meant by the term light year?

Answer 1

the distance light travels in one year. light travels at around 300,000,000 metres per second. 1 year has 31,556,962 seconds in it, therefore a light-year is approximately 9,467,088,600,000,000 metres.

Answer 2

A common misconception is that a "Lightyear" is a measure of time. This is wrong.

A lightyear refers to the distance travelled by light in one year - which is about 9.4605284 x 1015 metres

Answer 3

A light year is the distance light travels in one year, equivalent to about 9.5 trillion kilometers (5.9 trillion miles). It is used as a unit of measurement in astronomy to describe vast distances in space.

Answer 4

A light year is the distance that light travels in one year (at roughly 300,000 kilometers per second). It is equal to 9,460,800,000,000 (nine and a half trillion) kilometers.

Answer 5

A light year is the distance light travels in one year and is a measure of distance or length. It equates to about 6 trillion miles.

Answer 6

A light year is how far light can travel in one year and is 9.461×10^12 km or 9,461,000,000,000 km