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the distance light can travel in a year

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Light travels at a speed of 186,300 miles per second (299,821 kilometers per second). In the vacuum of space, over 1 year, light is calculated to be able to travel 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion kilometers), thus 1 light year. It takes just over 8 minutes for light to travel from the sun to the earth.

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