Is a light year the same as the speed of light?

Question

Planning a vacation.

Answer 1

a light year is the distance it takes for light to travel in one year. which planet you planning to travel to?

Answer 2

No. Light years measure distance, specifically the distance light can travel in a standard 365 day year.

The speed of light is a velocity.

The closet star, Alpha Centauri is about 4.8 lightyears away, but anything inside the solar system is well within half a light year.

P.s just to give you an idea of how fast light is: it can go around the earth 7 times in a second.

Answer 3

A light year is 9.4605284 x 10^12 km. Pack a few thousand change of underwear, your gonna need it.

Answer 4

speed of light - 299,792.458 km/s

light year = speed of light x 365

light year = roughly 1,000,000 million kilometres

Thats a massive distance.

Thats why the glow from the stars we see at night could be many years ago.

Answer 5

both have different units how can they be same

Answer 6

not at all. light year is the distance light travels in a year, or the speed of light times a year. the only reason it would matter in a vacation is if you were vacationing to alpha centari or something.

make it a good day.