Login

Why is the distance between the stars expressed in light years?

Dear Student.
Please find below the solution to the asked query.

Kindly refer to the link given below to get your answer :

https://www.meritnation.com/ask-answer/question/why-is-the-distance-between-stars-expressed-in-light-years/stars-and-the-solar-system/6894888  

Hope this information will clear your doubts about the topic.
If you have any more doubts just ask here on the forum and our experts will try to help you out as soon as possible.
Regards.

  • 0
View Full Answer
The distance between the Earth and stars is very large, and is inconvenient to use kilometer. There for it is expressed in light years. 1 light year=distance travelled by light in 1 year.
  • 0
On Earth, we use kilometre to describe the distances which are long. But in the vast universe kilometre becomes an extremely so all unit and thus it becomes inconvenient to use kilometre. Thus, the scientists developed a unit called light year to describe the distance between two stars or the distance of various plants and stars from the earth.
  • 0
What are you looking for?