Understanding Light Years: A Measure of Distance, Not Time. #LightYears #Measure

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What is a light year? Many people often misunderstand.
That a light year is a unit of time and actually it is a unit of distance, where 1 light year refers to the distance that light travels in 1 year is calculated as 9.4607 times 10 to the power of 12 kilometers = 63,241.077 in units.
It is used to measure distances in very close space and is the same as other forms of distance.
For example, the Sun is 150 million kilometers from Earth, which is equivalent to 8 light minutes, that is, the distance that light can travel. In just 8 minutes.