Question

Why is the distance between stars expressed in light years? What do you
understand by the statement that a star is eight light years away from
the Earth?
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Answer 1

Answer:

light years = 9.46*1012km

Explanation:

if if a star is located 8 light year away from the state me the distance between the star and the earth is the distance so the distance between the Earth and the star is 7.6*1013

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Answer 2

Answer:

Many astronomical objects like stars or galaxies are very far away from the earth & giving their distances in the kilometres unit becomes very inconvenient. Light-year is a large unit and equals the distance travelled by light in one year. Hence, the large distances are expressed in light-years.

Explanation:

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