What is a light year ?

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Light year is actually an astronomical concept........light is is unit of length to find astronomical distances
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a light year is a unit of ength used to express astronomical distance its approximately 6trillion miles or 9 trillion kilometers
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a unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year, which is 9.4607 × 1012 km (nearly 6 million million miles)
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3*10^8 years. this term is used to calculate the time required to travel in space.
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A light-year is a unit of distance. It is the distance that light can travel in one year. Light moves at a velocity of about 300,000 kilometers (km) each second. So in one year, it can travel about 10 trillion km. More precisely, one light-year is equal to 9,500,000,000,000 kilometers.
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A light-year is a unit of distance. It is the distance that light can travel in one year. Light moves at a velocity of about 300,000 kilometers (km) each second. So in one year, it can travel about 10 trillion km. More p recisely, one light-year is equal to 9,500,000,000,000 kilometers.
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Its the astronomical distance that light travels in one year.
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A light year is a unit of ength used to express astronomical distance its approximately 6trillion miles or 9 trillion kilometers.
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