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Yes. 1 light-year is the distance light travels in a year. 1 astronomical unit is the distance from Sun to Earth, and it takes light about 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel that distance.
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What measurements are used to measure space?
(LY) Light Years and (AU) Astronomical Unit.
What is the Au for 2790 million miles?
1 AU is 93 million miles. 2790 million miles is 30 AU.
Are Mercury and Venus less of greater than 1 AU from the sun?
They are less than 1 AU from the sun.
How many atoms are in 1.500 kilograms of gold?
The mass of 1 mole of an element is its atomic weight in grams.1 mole of an element is 6.022 x 1023 atoms of that element.Known/Given:1 mol Au = 196.96655g Au (atomic weight in grams)1 mol Au = 6.022 x 1023 atoms Au (Avagadro's number)1000g = 1 kgConvert kilograms to grams.1.500kg Au x (1000g/1kg) = 1500g AuConvert grams to moles.1500gAu x (1mol Au/196.96655g Au) = 7.616mol AuConvert moles to atoms.7.616mol Au x (6.022 x 1023 atoms Au) = 4.586 x 1024 atoms Au
If 1 AU equals 8.3 light minutes is mars from the sun?
1.5 AU
How many AU are in 4.7Ly?
1 light year is approximately 63,241 AU. Therefore, 4.7 light years is about 297,116 AU.
How many AU's from the planets to the sun?
Mercury--Sun= AU Venus--Sun= AU Earth--Sun=1 AU Mars--Sun= AU Jupiter--Sun= AU Saturn--Sun= AU Uranus--Sun= AU Neptune--Sun= AU Pluto--Sun= AU
Which is bigger an nanometer or astronomical unit?
An AU. An AU is about 150,000,000 kilometers, while a nanometer is 1 billionth of a meter.
What measurements are used to measure space?
(LY) Light Years and (AU) Astronomical Unit.
Which is longer a light year or an astronomical unit?
A light year is much bigger, an AU is only about 8 light minutes.1 light year = 63,240 AU
How many unites are in a year?
There are approximently 63,239.6717 Astronomical Units (AU) in a Light-year (LY).
How many syllables are in the word automatic?
There are six syllables. Au-to-mat-i-cal-ly.
How are light years and astronomical units different?
1 Astronomical Unit (AU) is the average distance between the earth and the sun. It is approximately 149,598,000 km. 1 light year (ly) is the distance light travels in one year. It is approximately 9,460,730,472,580 km The other commonly used astronomical measurement is the parsec. 1 parsec (pc) is the distance at which 1 arcsecond measures 1 AU. It is approximately 3.26156 ly or 30856740079724 km. 1 arcsecond is 1/60 of a arcminute.1 arcsecond is 1/60 of a degree.1 degree is 1/360 of a circle.
What is the correct order of units pc ly au and km from largest to smallest?
Exactly in the order in which they're listed in the question.
Put Ly PC AU Km in order from least to greatest?
Kilometre, Astronomical Unit, Light Year, Parsec.
How tall is Mary Ly?
Mary Ly is 5' 1".
How does the distance between Earth and the sun compare to the distance between earth and nerby stars and galaxies?
The Earth-Sun distance is referred to by Astronomers as an "Astronomical Unit" - or AU for short.It is a very useful unit for comparing distances between Earth, planets and Stars.Since Earth to the Sun is 1 AU, Jupiter orbits at about 5 AU, Saturn at 10 AU, Uranus at 19.2 AU, and Neptune at 30 AU.The furthest we've ever sent a probe is Voyager 1, launched in 1976. It has only traveled 106 AU in all that time.By comparison, 1 Light Year (distance light travels in 1 year), is 63,276 AU. By interesting coincidence, this is very close to the ratio of 1 mile to 1 inch. If Earth were 1 inch from the Sun, a Light Year would be about a mile.The nearest Star to the Sun is Proxima Centauri, at 4.22 Light years, which is about 267,023 AU.Sirius is the the brightest star visible in the night sky, and is about 8.6 LY, or 544,171 AU from the Sun.The Milky Way Galaxy is about 75,000 Light Years across, which translates to 4.746 billion AU.Although there are several small galaxies within 250,000 LY of the Milky Way, the nearest Large Galaxy, M31 in Andromeda, is situated about 2.54 Million light years from here. In AU, that is about 162 billion AU.
