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WHAT IS A LIGHT YEAR?

Published on Jul 10, 2022

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WHAT IS A LIGHT YEAR?

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It is NOT a measure of TIME!

It's a measure of distance.

Light travels at
300,000
km per second.

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That's so fast -
light could circle the Earth
7 1/2 times in one second!

A light year is the distance light travels
in one year.

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That's 9.5 trillion km

Why use light years?

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The star closest to our solar system is 40,208,000,000,000 km away.

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That's about 4.5 light years - a much easier
number to use.

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