need some science help quick?

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need some science help quick?

why don't astronomers measure distances in space by the speed of sound rather than the speed of light?

help me quickly thank you

2007-04-09 04:00:00 · 2 answers · asked by simi 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space

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Because the speed of sound is too slow to be good for measuring very long distances. Also, the speed of sound is not always the same. In particular, sound cannot travel in the vacuum of space at all.

2007-04-09 04:11:03 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

sound doesn't propagate through a vacuum and the speed of light is much much faster than the speed of sound so the numbers would be a lot bigger.

2007-04-09 11:06:51 · answer #2 · answered by neutron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋