Question

whhat do you understand by the statement that a star is eight years away from the earth ?​

Answer 1

statement that a star is eight light years away from the Earth? Answer: ... A star is located eight light years away from the Earth. This means that the distance between the star and the Earth is equivalent to the distance travelled by light in eight years

Answer 2

Answer:

I think it is a distance in light year

1 light year is the distance travelled by a light in one year

the star is 8 light year means 7.569 × 1016 metres

away from earth