How many light hours make up 1 light year?

Answer 1

As you know, light year is not a measure of time but the naswer is:

365x24=8760

Answer 2

You got a lot of stupid answers to a relatively intelligent question. Per Einstein, time and distance are fungible. A light year is a measure of distance, but it is also a measure of time! When we look at a star that is 10,000 light years away, we are looking at the star the way it was 10,000 years ago. [This may be a little heady for you, but whether you realize it or not, in one year's time, you will be one light year away from where you were. That is the distance those to point are from each other in the time-space continuum.] So the basic answer is that there are 8766 hours in a light year. These are commonly called light hours because they are a measure of time and distance.

Answer 3

Come on, people! A light-year is not a measurement of time...it's a measure of distance, i.e, how many kilometers light travels in a year as measured on earth. So a light-hour is how many kilometers light travels in an hour as measured on earth. Light travels 186,000 miles per second...there are 60 seconds in a hour...so if you really need an answer to this, multiply 186,000 miles by 60 to get the distance light travels in a "light hour." All those people who said something like well, 365 days a year/24 hours in a day are answering the wrong question!

Answer 4

I’m not sure if you are just playing around or are actually asking a real question. I’ll take the chance that you are asking a legitimate question. A light year is a measurement of distance and not a measurement of time. Just like MPH (Miles Per Hour) isn’t a measurement of miles or hours but is a measurement of miles traveled in one hour, which equals a measurement of speed. 1 light year is the time that it takes light (traveling at 186,000 miles per second) to reach you. So if a star was only 1 light year away and the star died it would take the light one year to stop being seen here on earth. In terms of miles that is 5,850,000,000,000 miles or about 6 trillion miles.

Answer 5

Twenty-four light hours make a light day, 365.24 light days make a light year. Does that help?

I'm sure you can handle the rest of the math.

The first answer is slightly wrong, the second is only an approximation. This is all about the length of the mean year, with
proper allowance for leap years and ordinary years.

Answer 6

light year is a way of measuring distance. That doesn't make much sense because "light year" contains the word "year," which is normally a unit of time. Even so, light years measure distance.

A light year is 5,865,696,000,000 miles (9,460,800,000,000 kilometers). That's a long way!

So to measure really long distances, people use a unit called a light year. Light travels at 186,000 miles per second (300,000 kilometers per second). Therefore, a light second is 186,000 miles (300,000 kilometers). A light year is the distance that light can travel in a year, or:

Answer 7

Light cancels out with light in your equation, so just ask how many hours are there in a year. You should know that.

Answer 8

one light year = distance light travels in a year
one light hour = distance light travels in an hour

but as far as i know, there is no measure as one light hour.

remember that light year is a unit of distance, not of time ;-)

Answer 9

That depends on whether you mean a regular light year or a light leap-year, which would have 24 more light hours.

Answer 10

Ya know, believe it or not a 'light year' is a measurement for distance, not time.