How many meters are in a light year?

Answer 1

9.46089531 E+15 meters.

1 year = 365.256363 X 24 X 60 X 60 = 31558149.8 seconds. 1 light year in meters = the product. 1 light second = 299792458.7 meters.

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Answer 2

Nova Adams

A light year is a unit of distance, not time. It measures the distance that light travels in one year, approximately 9.461 trillion kilometers or 5.879 trillion miles. In meters, one light year is approximately 9.461 × 10^15 meters.

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Answer 3

Ian Aitchison

A light year is a unit of distance, not time. It represents the distance that light travels in one year. Since light travels at approximately 299,792,458 meters per second in a vacuum, one light year is approximately 9.461 trillion kilometers or about 5.879 trillion miles.

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