I shouldn't watch NUMB3RS when I can't sleep.
This is what happens when you add a NUMB3RS marathon, a graphing calculator, information from the Internet, insomnia and a lack of anything better to do. :-)
Actual distance from Earth to the Sun is 92,955,807.27 miles.
Time it takes light to get from the Sun to Earth 8.316764124 minutes.
Distance light travels in one minute 11,176,920 miles.
Why did I get all of this information together? This is why. Based on this information and 525,600 minutes in a year:
1 Light Year = 5.874589152 e12 miles, 1.033927691 e16 yards and 3.101783072 e16 feet.
Now, if we change it to the number of minutes in 365.25 days which is the actual length of a year, that changes the numbers a bit.
1 Light Year = 5.878612843 e12 miles, 1.03463586 e16 yards and 3.103907581 e16 feet
What does all of this mean? It means that
1 Light Year = 63,240.94229 times the distance from Earth to the Sun.
Like I said, NUMB3RS marathon, graphing calculator and nothing better to do lol.
Actual distance from Earth to the Sun is 92,955,807.27 miles.
Time it takes light to get from the Sun to Earth 8.316764124 minutes.
Distance light travels in one minute 11,176,920 miles.
Why did I get all of this information together? This is why. Based on this information and 525,600 minutes in a year:
1 Light Year = 5.874589152 e12 miles, 1.033927691 e16 yards and 3.101783072 e16 feet.
Now, if we change it to the number of minutes in 365.25 days which is the actual length of a year, that changes the numbers a bit.
1 Light Year = 5.878612843 e12 miles, 1.03463586 e16 yards and 3.103907581 e16 feet
What does all of this mean? It means that
1 Light Year = 63,240.94229 times the distance from Earth to the Sun.
Like I said, NUMB3RS marathon, graphing calculator and nothing better to do lol.