![SOLVED: The light-second is a unit of distance; 1 light-second is the distance that light travels in 1 second. (a) Find the conversion between light-seconds and meters: 1 lightsecond =? m . ( SOLVED: The light-second is a unit of distance; 1 light-second is the distance that light travels in 1 second. (a) Find the conversion between light-seconds and meters: 1 lightsecond =? m . (](https://cdn.numerade.com/ask_previews/22dad582-2f02-49b2-8023-730ace77fcad_large.jpg)
SOLVED: The light-second is a unit of distance; 1 light-second is the distance that light travels in 1 second. (a) Find the conversion between light-seconds and meters: 1 lightsecond =? m . (
![TIL that the reason the speed of light is EXACTLY 299,792,458 metres per second is that the metre is technically defined by international agreement as the distance light travels in 1/299792458 of TIL that the reason the speed of light is EXACTLY 299,792,458 metres per second is that the metre is technically defined by international agreement as the distance light travels in 1/299792458 of](https://external-preview.redd.it/cxsAwFkt4MDBqn3XToC0Qp_NP6U6KyooTnnbZIslESk.jpg?auto=webp&s=50c75f351052458c751f16e3b3855fdf60f2ae42)
TIL that the reason the speed of light is EXACTLY 299,792,458 metres per second is that the metre is technically defined by international agreement as the distance light travels in 1/299792458 of
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SOLVED:Astronomy One light-year is defined by astronomers to be the distance that a beam of light will travel in 1 year (365 days). If the speed of light is 186,000 miles per
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