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Download Solution PDFOne light year is equivalent to roughly how many kilometers?
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OPSC OAS 2023 Prelims (General Studies) Official Paper-I
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Option 4 : 9.5 trillion kilometers
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Download Solution PDFThe Correct answer is Option 4.
Key Points
- A light year is the distance light travels in a vacuum in one year.
- The speed of light is approximately 299,792 kilometers per second.
- Over a year (approximately 31,536,000 seconds), light travels about 9.46 trillion kilometers, which is commonly rounded to 9.5 trillion kilometers.
- Thus, the correct answer is indeed Option 4
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