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Define light year. What is expressed in light years?


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  1. A light-year is the unit of distance.
  2. A light-year is defined as the measurement of length or the distance light travels in a vacuum in a year.
  3. One light-year is close to 6 trillion miles.

1lightyear=9.86×1015m.


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