2007-03-13 19:26:34 · 19 answers · asked by I'm blonde 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
none of these answers make sense. Some of you are saying it's the same, some of you are saying they are two different things. I'm so confused!
2007-03-13 19:36:20 · update #1
yes, it goes the speed of light. so its more like 2 weeks. its kind of like a fort night.
xoxo, lawrence. time expert.
2007-03-13 19:29:27 · answer #1 · answered by Lawrence M. Enopee 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is a common mistake that people think that a lightyear is a measure of time, while it is actually a measure of DISTANCE.
A lightyear measures how FAR light travels in one year. It's equal to about 5,879,000,000,000 miles.
A year is like... 365 days. It measures time.
Can't really compare time with distance. It's like comparing a tomato to a stapler.
2007-03-13 19:40:55 · answer #2 · answered by A 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
A lightyear is a distance; not a time-frame - how far light will travel in one year
(The Speed of light * 1 year = 1 lightyear)
2007-03-13 19:29:05 · answer #3 · answered by zgm 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It really depends on it's meaning ..
A light year in astronomy means, the distance traversed by light in one solar year.
But ..if your saying that new computers are light years ahead of the old ones ...this means a very great distance in development or progress.
So the term light years can be used with 2 diferrent meanings.
And I won't insult your intelligence and explain to you what a year is ..lol .But to answer your question no ,they mean a totally different thing .
2007-03-13 19:43:49 · answer #4 · answered by tammie1ca 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Two different things...
A year is a measure of time (365 days)
A light year is a measure of distance. Specifically it is the measure of distance it takes light to travel in one year.
It turns out that light will travel about 9,460,000,000,000 km in a year.
2007-03-13 19:31:33 · answer #5 · answered by p37ry 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, a lightyear is how far a beam of light will travel in exactly one year
And light travels 97,761,600,000 miles in one year, so that's a lightyear
2007-03-13 19:30:02 · answer #6 · answered by ♀♥♂☮Trippy Hippie☮♂♥♀ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ehem. a lightyear is not time nor months!! a lightyear is distance for light to travel in 1 year. the speed of light is 300,000km/s
2007-03-13 19:29:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a lightyear refers to distance not a period of time, so technically a light year is the same amount of time as a regular year.
2007-03-13 19:31:53 · answer #8 · answered by tango6531 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Okay--I know you have been getting contradictory answers so far, but the fact remains that a light-year is a measure of distance---specifically, the distance light travels in a year, which is just a shade under 6 trillion miles.
If you have any doubts about who to believe, check:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048225/light-year
http://www.answers.com/topic/light-year
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/980211a.html
2007-03-14 02:33:35 · answer #9 · answered by x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light year = distance it takes for light to travel in a year. so if i where to compare it. they'd be the same. Light travels at 299 792 458 m /s. x60 =17.987,547,480 m / minute x 60 = 1079252848800 m/hour x 24 = 25902068371200 m/per day x 365=9454254955488000 meters per year.
2007-03-13 19:29:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. It just doesn't weigh as much. A light year is how far light travels in an Earth year. At 186,000 miles per second, that is a long ways. The star Alpha Centuri is four light years away. It is the closest star to us other than the sun.
2007-03-13 19:31:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋