is light year is a unit of time since the word 'year' is linked with it? justify your answer.
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No
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It is a unit of distance and because 1 light year is the distance traveled by sun in one year.
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As defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a light-year is the distance that light travels in vacuum in one Julian year (365.25 days). Because it includes the word "year", the term light-year is sometimes misinterpreted as a unit of time.
Unit system: astronomy units
Unit of: length
Astronomical units: 63241 au; 0.3066 pc
Metric (SI) units: 9.4607×1015 m; 9.46075 Pm
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