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Light year is a measurement of
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VIJAY said:
1 decade ago
A light-yer is the distance that light travel in a vaccum in one julian year (365.25 days). It is used to measure distances to stars and other distances on a galactic scale.
DINESH KUMAR MALLA said:
3 years ago
The distance between stars is termed stellar distance and is measured in light years, i.e, the distance travelled by light in a single year.
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Aparna said:
1 decade ago
@irfan.
Stellar means
Of or pertaining to the stars
Like a star as in brilliance shape etc
Stellar means
Of or pertaining to the stars
Like a star as in brilliance shape etc
Ajit killer said:
6 years ago
Light year means light travel distance in 1 calendar year i.e. called one light year.
Shreyas said:
9 years ago
One light year is the time required to travel light of distance 10000000000km.
Kriti said:
1 decade ago
Speed of stars other celestial bodies are measured in terms of light year.
Dino said:
6 years ago
A light year is also know as the distance between two stars.
Puvaneshvaran said:
9 years ago
Light year is used to measure the distance in space.
Arjun Chalise said:
8 years ago
One light year is a 1/86400 sec of solar day.
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Janmejaya mahakur said:
1 decade ago
1 light year = 9.46*(10 to the power 15)m
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