2007-10-12 08:01:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
52.24 light weeks. Don't forget the extra day every fourth light year making it a LEAP light year. Just kidding. A LIGHT YEAR is a measure of DISTANCE, not elapsed time. It is the distance light would travel in a "YEAR". Of course, that varies every four years, but not every 100 years and yes it does every 400 years. (Leap year rules: every four years but NOT in years divisible by 100, like 1800 and 1900 were NOT leap years; exception to the rule-years divisible by 400 ARE leap years, that's why 2000 WAS a leap year).
2007-10-12 08:32:04 · answer #1 · answered by Mike 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I see absolutely no reason why a light year couldn't be broken down into light weeks. After all astronomers use light seconds all the time in distance measurements in the solar system. Granted nobody actually uses lightweeks but if they did it would be 6 trillion divided by 52. If I didn't mess up the math the answer would be 11, 584,615 384 miles. Of course you will have to use the word LIGHTWEEKS. And be aware than since no one else on earth uses that term, you will get some odd looks.
2007-10-12 08:28:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Week is a unit of time, and light-year is a unit of distance, so your question cannot be answered. It's like asking how many hours are there in a mile, or how many pounds there are in a second.
2007-10-12 08:27:48 · answer #3 · answered by Vangorn2000 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None ... a light year is a measure of distance (how far light can travel in the period of one year if light is roughly 3*10^8 meters per second and there are 3600 seconds per day times 365 days in a year)
2007-10-12 08:04:59 · answer #4 · answered by kennywalter.com 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Irrational question.
A week is a period of time, a light year is the distance light travels in one year.
If you asked how many light weeks in a light year, that would make sense.
2007-10-12 08:06:14 · answer #5 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For all the regulars out there, another one of those "they just don't bother to search or do any reading of their own" questions.
A light year is not a period of time, it is a measurement of distance. It is the distance light travels in one Earth year (equal to about 9 trillion kilometers).
2007-10-12 11:06:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Light year is a measure of distance, not time.
2007-10-12 08:08:29 · answer #7 · answered by theseeker4 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
52
2007-10-12 08:43:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
A light year is simply how far light travels in one year - so 52, I suppose.
2007-10-12 08:19:36 · answer #9 · answered by Ms Minger 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋