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lubasha [3.4K]
3 years ago
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The brightest star in the night sky in the northern hemisphere is Sirius. Its distance from Earth is estimated to be 8.7 light y

ears. A light year is the distance light travels in one year. Light travels at a speed of 3.00 × 108 m/s. Calculate the distance from Earth to Sirius in miles. (1 mi = 5280 ft) g
Physics
1 answer:
katen-ka-za [31]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:5.11(10)^{13}miles

Explanation:

A light year is a unit of length and is defined as "the distance a photon would travel in vacuum during a Julian year at the speed of light at an infinite distance from any gravitational field or magnetic field. "

In other words: It is the distance that the light travels in a year.  

This unit is equivalent to 5.879(10)^{12}miles, which mathematically is expressed as:

1Ly=5.879(10)^{12}miles

Doing the conversion:

8,7Ly.\frac{5.879(10)^{12}miles}{1Ly}=5.11(10)^{13}miles  This is the distance from Earth to Sirius in miles.

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