A parsec is the distance that light travels in 3.26 years. How many years does light takes to travel travel 3.0 parsecs?How many kilometers make 3.0 parsecs?

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Leah Abbate · Accepted Answer

9.78 years. 92.57 trillion km.

#1 arc sec= (1/3600)^o=(1/3600)(pi/180)# radian=4.848 E-06 radian. 1 AU is equal to 149697871 km. 30.86 trillion km is equal to 1 parsec = 1 AU/(1arc second in radians).

Layla Anderson · Answer

undefined Light takes 9.78 years to travel 3.0 parsecs. 1 parsec is approximately 3.09 × 10^13 kilometers, so 3.0 parsecs is about 9.27 × 10^13 kilometers.

Ian Aitchison · Answer

undefined To find out how many years light takes to travel 3.0 parsecs, you would multiply the number of parsecs by the time it takes for light to travel one parsec, which is 3.26 years:

3.0 parsecs * 3.26 years/parsec = 9.78 years

Therefore, light takes approximately 9.78 years to travel 3.0 parsecs.

To determine how many kilometers make 3.0 parsecs, you would need to know the conversion factor between parsecs and kilometers. One parsec is approximately equal to 3.086 × 10^13 kilometers. Therefore:

3.0 parsecs * 3.086 × 10^13 kilometers/parsec = 9.258 × 10^13 kilometers

Thus, 3.0 parsecs is equivalent to approximately 9.258 × 10^13 kilometers.