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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.

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In our galaxy, we typically use light-years to measure vast distances across space. A light-year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year, roughly equal to about 9.5 trillion kilometers.

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Check the Wikipedia article "cosmic distance ladder", for some common methods.

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A variety of methods are used; check the Wikipedia article for "Cosmic distance ladder".

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Light years and parsecs.

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