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Sun 15 May, 2005 08:48 am
How far is a light-year away? I need to know this for my science MCAS test. I'm in the 5th grade.
Thank u
The best answer to this question is "A light year is the distance that light travels in one year". Any student in a science class should know that.
This distance happens to be
5,865,696,000,000 miles or
9,460,800,000,000 kilometers
I hope they are not making you memorize these numbers.
There is no reason for you to know them. I have a physics degree... and I just had to look them up since I don't have them memorized. Memorizing numbers is a waste of time and brain space.
I think, and I hope, that if you understand that light travels a distance of one light year every year you will do well on this part of the MCAS.
Thank u ebrown_p, your very helpful do u want 2 talk 2 me some more until i have 2 go 2 skateland?