Scott Air Force Base, IL Demographic Information *. There is no Census data for the city of SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, IL. We have pulled information for the ZIP Code 62225 instead.
A light-year is a unit of distance. It is the distance that light can travel in one year. Light moves at a velocity of about 300,000 kilometers (km) each second. So in one year, it can travel about 10 trillion km. More p recisely, one light-year is equal to 9,500,000,000,000 kilometers.
The distance from the Earth to the Sun varies because the Earth's orbit about the Sun is elliptical. At its closest, the distance is 91,402,000 miles a â¦ nd its farthest distance it is 94,512,000 miles. This gives an average distance of 92,957,000 miles. Light travels at 186,282 miles per second.