2006-11-10 04:57:40 · 12 answers · asked by (DT)Hawk Eye 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Roughly 6 trillion miles.
2006-11-10 05:00:22 · answer #1 · answered by kris 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is used to measure astronomical distances
and distance traveled by light in 1 year.
speed of light=186000miles/sec
dist.in one year
=186000*60*60*24*365 miles/year
=5865696*10^6 miles
one AU=93 million miles
=dist between Earth And Sun
Light year dist
=63702 AU
2006-11-10 14:53:57 · answer #2 · answered by openpsychy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since light travels at 186,000 miles per second it then travels (186,000 times 60 seconds times 60 minutes times 24 hours) =
160 billion + 704 million miles per day and hence light travels 5.87 trillion miles per year.
2006-11-10 17:35:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
c=3*10^8 m/s
3*10^8 m/s * 60 sec/min * 60 min/h * 24 h/day * 365 days/year
=9.4608 *10^15 m/year
which corresponds to 9460.8 billion kilometers (light can travel in one year)
2006-11-10 13:05:51 · answer #4 · answered by Grelann 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A light-year is equal to
9,460,730,472,580.8 km (about 9.461 Pm)
about 5,878,625,373,183.61 statute miles
about 63,241.077 AU (often approximated to 63,240 AU)
about 0.306 601 394 parsecs
2006-11-10 12:59:43 · answer #5 · answered by iliandraeq 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
186000 miles x 60 x 60 x 24 x 365 (or 366 on a leap year)
2006-11-10 13:00:33 · answer #6 · answered by Boring Old Fart 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
186,000 miles * 60sec * 60minutes * 24 hours * 365days
= 586,596,000,000 Miles
Best to take a packed lunch !
2006-11-10 13:06:16 · answer #7 · answered by P Durham 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you ask me a light year is just damm gready using all that space
2006-11-10 13:01:18 · answer #8 · answered by muted_apoc 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i studied in science that a light year is .9654km/s
2006-11-10 14:20:06 · answer #9 · answered by samora 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
"it made the kessel run in under 12 parsecs"
"but is it fast?"
"fast enough for you, old man"
2006-11-10 13:08:28 · answer #10 · answered by supahtforyou 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋