Dear Brij,

on 2004-04-05 07.48, Brij Bhushan Vij at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>> One light year is the distance traversed by light during ONE YEAR at the
>> velocity of light. This is:
>> (31556925s.18746090784 x 299792458 m =9460528168873465.812531 m); and in

Did you mean to write that the year is 31556925.18746090784 seconds long and
the velocity of light is 299792458 metres per second, therefore the distance
light travels in a year is 9460528168873465.812531 metres.

I think I got muddled by the 's.' in the middle of the first number.

Cheers,

Pat Naughtin
Geelong, Australia
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