5.9 trillion miles are in a light year.
5.9 trillion miles are in a light year.
how many trillion miles in a light year?
5.9
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rocheworld (first published in serial form in 1982; first book publication, under the title the flight of the dragonfly, 1984) is a science fiction novel by robert forward which depicts a realistic interstellar mission using a laser driven light sail propulsion system to send the spaceship and a crew of 20 on a journey of 5.9 light-years (ca. 34 trillion miles; ca. 56 trillion km) to the double planet that orbits barnard's star, which they call rocheworld, where they make startling discoveries stranger than anything ever encountered before.
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astronomical distances are sometimes expressed in light-years, especially in popular science publications and media. a light-year is the distance light travels in one year, around 9461 billion kilometres, 5879 billion miles, or 0.3066 parsecs. in round figures, a light year is nearly 10 trillion kilometres or nearly 6 trillion miles. proxima centauri, the closest star to earth after the sun, is around 4.2 light-years away.









































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