2006-12-06 10:55:35 · 11 answers · asked by kammamsim1 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
186,226.52 miles per second try work that one out for yourself.
Oh, and why you are doing that could you find out " if i had a car that could travel at the speed of light would I need my headlights on"?
2006-12-06 21:27:18 · answer #1 · answered by selwyn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It travels 186,000 miles every second. So times that by 60, then 60 again, then 24 then 365. I'd do it for you but I can't find my calculator. But the number will be mind bogglingly enormous.
2006-12-06 19:02:59 · answer #2 · answered by Hello Dave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light travels at 186,226.52. In one year it would travel approximately 5.9 trillion miles. These are for avergage earth atmosphere.
go to this site (http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/speedoflight/index.html)
for the speed through different mediums (just move the slider)
2006-12-06 19:02:29 · answer #3 · answered by cmb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It travels at about 186,000 miles per second and in a year about 9,460,730,472,578.333 give or take a second or two!
2006-12-06 19:08:16 · answer #4 · answered by wheeliebin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A light-year or lightyear, symbol "ly," is the distance light travels in vacuum in one Julian year.
A light-year is equal to : 9,460,730,472,580.8 kilometers.
2006-12-06 19:02:13 · answer #5 · answered by markos m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one light years worth
2006-12-06 23:09:45 · answer #6 · answered by lulu 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
186,000 miles per second. You do the math.
2006-12-06 18:57:45 · answer #7 · answered by jack w 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5,878,499,814,000 (5.878499914^12) miles
2006-12-06 19:03:35 · answer #8 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a normal year or a leap year?
2006-12-07 00:22:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
5.8 trillion
2006-12-06 18:57:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋