Meaning Light-year
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Light-yearalso lightyear, "distance light travels in one year" (about 5.87 trillion miles), 1888, from light (n.) + year.
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Light-yearThe distance that a particle of light (photon) will travel in a year – about 10 trillion kilometers (6 trillion miles). It is a useful unit for measuring distances between stars.
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Light-yearThe distance that a particle of light (photon) will travel in a year — about 10 trillion kilometers (6 trillion miles). It is a useful unit for measuring distances between stars.
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Light-yearThe distance travelled by light through space in one year. 1 light-year (ly) equals about 9.5 million million kilometres (=0.3066 parsecs = 63240 AU = a parallax of 3.259 arcsecs).
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Light-yearThe distance that light (moving at about 186,000 miles per second) travels in one year, or about 6 trillion miles.
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Light-yearThe distance light travels in one year in vacuum, 9.46 x 1012 km (5.87 x 1012 mi).
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Light-yearThe distance that light travels through empty space in one year, approximately 9.5 x 10^11 km
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Light-yearThe light-year (ly) is a unit of distance which is useful in astronomy. It is the distance which light (or any other form of electromagnetic radiation) travels in one year. Note that real astronomers [..]
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Light-yearSP The light-year (ly) is a unit of distance which is useful in astronomy. It is the distance which light (or any other form of electromagnetic radiation) travels in one year. Note that real astronome [..]
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Light-yearthe distance light travels in one year, equivalent to approximately 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km).
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Light-yearThe distance that a particle of light (photon) will travel in a year – about 10 trillion kilometers (6 trillion miles). It is a useful unit for measuring distances between stars.
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