“Light Year” is the:

“Light Year” is the:

  • (A) Distance travelled by light in one year
  • (B) Mean distance between the earth and the sun
  • (C) Mean distance between the sun and the moon
  • (D) Mean distance between the sun and the planet
Light Year: A light-year is not a measure of time, but rather of distance. It is the distance light travels through empty space in just one Julian year, which is 365.25 days. Since light travels at an incredible speed of 300,000 kilometers per second, or 186,000 miles per second, in just one year, it can travel 9.46 trillion kilometers, or almost 6 trillion miles.
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