get further in a leap year?
2006-07-07 21:54:50 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
(The following argument is based on an expanding universe model for the universe we live in) Yes. If there is any distance between you and some object not bound to you by gravity or some other force, then that object will speed away from you as time goes on. Whether it is a leap year or not makes no difference.
If you are wondering if the "something" gets farther away from you in a leap year than a normal year than also yes. It has an extra day of travel.
Also a light year is defined to be the distance light travels in a normal year. It's just a term people use for that unit of distance and has as much do with leap years as the unit of measure we call "feet" has to do with your feet.
2006-07-07 22:15:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it actually gets closer, because if it is a light year away, in a leap year it would be less than a light year away.
2006-07-07 22:00:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No more than New York gets farther from Chicago in a Leap year.
2006-07-07 21:59:08 · answer #3 · answered by The Sage on the Hudson 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. a light year is the speed light travels in a year. WE don't measure leap years in light years. We measure years in the time it takes for earth to rotate around the sun.
2006-07-07 22:02:26 · answer #4 · answered by Axiom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term light year is the amount of distance that light can travel in a year. It has nothing to do with measuring time. Distance only
2006-07-08 02:18:59 · answer #5 · answered by davescoggs 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lightyear is based on the distance travelled by light in a standard year, the length of which does not change. The standard year contains 31,556,925.9747 seconds. A lightyear is thus just over 9,460,528,404,879 kilometres in length.
2006-07-07 22:13:01 · answer #6 · answered by Techwing 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well.....Isnt a leap year one day longer than a regular year? So duh.. it would get one day further away than in a non-leap year. A 366 day year vs. a 365 day year. WTF? Are you an idiot? You probably think the worlds oil supply is infinite too. God help us.........
2006-07-07 22:14:31 · answer #7 · answered by Mickstan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, that's a very thought provoking question.
on this end we don't think so.
let us know if you find out for sure.
2006-07-07 21:58:54 · answer #8 · answered by SmoothFlo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could but is all folk
2006-07-07 22:04:23 · answer #9 · answered by mitu_1994 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Geez, get real
2006-07-07 21:56:14 · answer #10 · answered by Velociraptor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋