Light year, Astronomical Unit, Kilometer or Mile?
I know that a mile beats out a kilometer, but the LY vs the AU is what's throwing me off. Please help and thank you.
2007-10-04 06:42:48 · 9 answers · asked by higherlovetx 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
thank you chelseablue - that was my guess but i just wanted some clarification...you will get the 10 points when i can give them out. :o) Thanks again.
2007-10-04 06:48:39 · update #1
Thx for all the explanations, esp. to you M, but I was in a time crunch and needed simple clarification.
2007-10-04 06:55:14 · update #2
Light year is biggest by far
2007-10-04 06:45:45 · answer #1 · answered by chelseablue 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The light year is the largest unit of measurement you listed.
A light year is the distance light travels in a year.
An astronomical unit is equivelent to the Earth's distance from the Sun on average, or 93 million miles, approximately 8 light minutes.
Miles and kilometers you know.
2007-10-04 06:49:01 · answer #2 · answered by Bobby 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Light Year is the largest value and is the distance travelled by light in 1 year. An AU is the mean distance between the Sun and Earth and is covered by light in about 9 minutes.
2007-10-04 06:48:32 · answer #3 · answered by Swamy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
By far, the light year is the largest.
A light year is the distance one beam of light travels in one year. Light travels at approximately 186,000 miles per second.
186,000 X 60 seconds [1 minute] X 60 minutes [1 hour] X 24 hours [1 day] X 365.25 [1 year] = the distance that one single beam of light travels in one year.
I once saw a demonstration of what a nano-second is: Its a beam of light approximately 1 foot long. I believe a nano-second was one billionth of a second.
The ua is the distance the earth travels around the sun in one year. It is dwarfed by the light year.
From largest to smallest: LY, ua, kilometer, mile..
Thanks for asking. I enjoyed taking the time to answer.
VTY,
Ron Berue
2007-10-04 07:25:50 · answer #4 · answered by Ron Berue 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YottaParsec
Parsec being around 3 lightyears
and yotta being the largest theoretical measurement
2015-03-15 22:22:26 · answer #5 · answered by JAIN 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no my girl the unit measurement is the PARSEC KM/sec/1 year bye bye.
2007-10-04 10:50:19 · answer #6 · answered by Massimiliano D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gigaparsec (Gpc; over 3 thousand million light-years)
2007-10-04 06:51:21 · answer #7 · answered by Sherlock 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I was going to give a clear & concise answer here, but see-ing as you,ve picked a winner......bugger off...!!!
2007-10-04 06:52:47 · answer #8 · answered by Merovingian 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
maybe yes
2016-09-25 06:25:00 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋