2007-09-18 09:35:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
A light year is the distance light travels in one year.
Moving at about 186,000 miles / second, it works out to approx. 6 trillion miles' distance.
2007-09-18 09:40:45 · answer #1 · answered by Bobby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The amount of distance that light travels in one year.
1 light year = 5.87849981 Ã 10^12 miles
2007-09-18 16:39:22 · answer #2 · answered by Steve C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The distance light travels in "1" year. Which is about 6 trillion miles!
2007-09-18 16:39:40 · answer #3 · answered by poolboyg88 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The distance light travels - at 186,000 miles a second - during one earth year.
2007-09-18 16:45:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the distance that light can travel in one year at the speed of 186,000 miles per second.
2007-09-18 16:41:47 · answer #5 · answered by billy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The distance that light travels. Approximately 186,000 miles/ second in Earth time.
2007-09-18 16:50:51 · answer #6 · answered by da1sexychic 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A year with less calories...lol...
As mentioned earlier it is:
the distance that light can travel in one year at the speed of 186,000 miles per second.
2007-09-18 16:43:59 · answer #7 · answered by Brian J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋