There are 365 days in a year, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, and 60 seconds in a minute.
But how many seconds are there in a light year?
2006-08-11 02:11:46 · 30 answers · asked by ...o(_insert witty comment_) 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
just to answer the doubters, yes i am asking these in Jokes&Riddles, and really don't have anything better to do. OK? lol
2006-08-11 02:25:10 · update #1
Light-year is actually a distance-the distance light travels in a year. Light travels 186,000 miles per second. There are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, and 365 days in a year. Multiply these together to get 31,500,000 seconds in a year. Multiply that times 186,000 miles per second and you get 5,850,000,000,000 miles—about 6 trillion miles.
2006-08-11 02:21:02 · answer #1 · answered by writer_girl20 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
light year (ly)
a unit of distance used in astronomy. One light year is the distance that light travels in one year through a vacuum (and, of course, most of the Universe is close to being a vacuum). The "year" used for this calculation is usually the Julian year of exactly 365.25 days or 31 557 600 seconds; sometimes the mean tropical year of 31 556 925.9747 seconds is used. Since light travels at 299 792 458 meters per second, using the Julian year one light year equals 9.460 730 473 x 1015 meters, or 9.460 730 473 trillion kilometers. One light year is approximately 5.880 trillion miles.
so put simply a light year is the same amount of time as a normal year which is 31 557 600 seconds. but you would get a lot further away travelling at light speed. I think.
2006-08-11 02:25:41 · answer #2 · answered by i do, do u? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK let`s see er!! 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in er, '#// a hour so that`s 60 in a minute and er!!! er yes 365 days in ,whats 365 again , if we use the formula E=MC SQUARE we should get 60 seconds in a hour no in the !¬@~@### do you really want to know, i mean if you do it will only take me about say 60 seconds that`s about a minute
2006-08-11 04:09:29 · answer #3 · answered by 3505 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same number of seconds as there are in a regular year.
However, the term is used to measure distance. It's the distance a light particle goes in a vacuum in one year's time.
2006-08-11 02:21:05 · answer #4 · answered by Doctor Hand 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bought a Buzz Lightyear in the sales, that was a second and they had several others. Can't remember how many exactly, I'd guess 12
2006-08-11 02:15:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trick question? A lightyear is a measure of distance not time. It is the distance light travels in a year!
2006-08-11 02:17:14 · answer #6 · answered by bob2356 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Light Year is the distance light will travel in one year.
It's not a measure of time.
2006-08-11 02:16:54 · answer #7 · answered by Wax Crayon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well a light second is 186,000 miles. A light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles. So according to my calculator there are 31,536,000 light seconds in a light year.
2006-08-11 02:22:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
light year is a distance measure, like kilometer or mile... but if you are referring to the time it take light to travel a year, then it's 365x24x60x60 seconds
2006-08-11 02:18:20 · answer #9 · answered by rei 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
light years are measured in years not seconds
2006-08-11 02:19:30 · answer #10 · answered by super b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋