light years are used as a type of measurement to calculate the distance between planets, astronomical units are used to measure how far away a planet is from earth.
Check the Wikipedia article "cosmic distance ladder", for some common methods.
A variety of methods are used; check the Wikipedia article for "Cosmic distance ladder".
Light years and parsecs.
Light years
lightyears
AnswerMiles, and that distance is about 480.8 miles
Miles or kilometers.
Mile or kilometer mile or kilometer.
Miles or Kilometers:)
Miles or kilometers would do.
Kilometers are a unit of length, used to measure distance.
Miles
To measure the distance of stars you have to measure by light years.
Km
metres
Light Years.
AnswerMiles, and that distance is about 480.8 miles
use your brain to count
Kilometres or miles.
Feet
usually miles
You would use a length/distance unit, such as meters or kilometers.