One Light-Year Is the

question 179

Multiple Choice

One light-year is the

• A) distance that light travels in one year.
• B) time taken for Earth to orbit the Sun once.
• C) distance between Earth and the Sun.
• D) time taken for light to travel from the Sun to Earth.

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