2006-12-06 19:43:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
One light-year is the distance traveled by light in 1 year. Light travels at 186411.4 miles per second, and there are 113529600000 seconds in one year, so 1 light-year is:
1 ly = (186411.4 mi/s)(113529600000)
1 ly = 5,874,589,924,204 miles
Note that our nearest star, Alpha Centauri, is about 4 light years away, or 23,498,359,696,812 miles from Earth.
2006-12-06 19:47:21 · answer #1 · answered by Rob S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
approximately 5865696000000 miles (9460800000000 kilometers)
2006-12-07 04:06:25 · answer #2 · answered by RP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5,878,614,093,747.5 MILES
2006-12-07 04:31:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
approx. 5,865,696,000,000 miles a year
2006-12-07 03:52:21 · answer #4 · answered by achronicfan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5,878,625,373,183.61 miles
2006-12-07 03:45:18 · answer #5 · answered by Liz S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
let me tell in kms.
kms in a light year=3,00,000 * seconds in per year..
2006-12-07 04:24:05 · answer #6 · answered by Vipul C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
5.88 trillion miles or 9.46 trillion kilometers
2006-12-07 03:45:43 · answer #7 · answered by Kemmy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
isnt it like a million or something higher than that.
2006-12-07 03:52:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
planning your holiday?
2006-12-07 03:44:59 · answer #9 · answered by Gironimo Sefani 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋