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Why Kilometre is not a convenient unit to measure distances in the universe?
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∙ 13y ago
You can use kilometer, but end up with fairly large numbers, which are best written in scientific notation. It is quite possible to deal with those, but perhaps due to a lack of familiarity of the general public with scientific notation, light-years and parsecs are often used instead. When using these units, you end up with smaller numbers. For example, the distance to the nearest star (after the Sun) is about 4.2 light-years; each light-year is about 9.5 x 1012 km, that is a 13-digit number if you write it out.
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What is kilometers vs meters which is bigger?
There are 1000 metres in 1 kilometre. Therefore, a metre is larger than a kilometre. (You use metres and kilometres to measure large distances)
What Things you measure in kilometres?
Kilometres are comparable to Miles. You can measure long distances such as the distance between two cities, etc. 1 kilometre equals 0,62 miles.
Does kilometer represent speed?
No. Kilometre is a measure of distance.
What do kilometers per hour measure?
Speed. Kilometre measure distance, and hour is a measure of time. Distance / Time = Speed.
What is the use of tape messure?
to measure distances
Will astronomers measure all the distances of the 100 billion galaxies in the universe?
It is possible that someday astronomers will measure all the distances of the 100 billion galaxies in the universe.
What is kilometers vs meters which is bigger?
There are 1000 metres in 1 kilometre. Therefore, a metre is larger than a kilometre. (You use metres and kilometres to measure large distances)
Will astronomers measure all the distances of 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe?
Someday astronomers may have measured all the distances of 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe.
Why light-years are used to measure distances in the universe?
because it is the fastest way to measure in very long distances for example earth to other far away planets
Why light years are used to measure distances in the universe?
because it is the fastest way to measure in very long distances for example earth to other far away planets
What Things you measure in kilometres?
Kilometres are comparable to Miles. You can measure long distances such as the distance between two cities, etc. 1 kilometre equals 0,62 miles.
How can you measure huge distances in the universe?
The Parsec at 3.26 lightyears ; see related link below .
The galactic distances used to measure the acceleration of the universe are determined by observations of what?
exploding white dwarfs
How many millilitres are in one kilometre?
You can't convert between the two:- millilitres is a measure of VOLUME Kilometre is a measure of LENGTH
Why is light year convenient to use as a unit for measuring star distances?
Because, if we continued to measure the distances between star in miles, the numbers would be huge. One light-year is approximately equal to 5,865,696,000,000 miles !
What does kilometre measure?
The distance between places.
Why do scientists measure distances in light years?
In order to be able to write down, remember, and discuss astronomical distances with convenient numbers. It's fundamentally the same reason why you don't tell anybody how many inches you have to walk to school or drive to work.
