Light travels at a speed of approximately 299,792,458 meters per second in a vacuum. One light-year is a very large unit of distance, used primarily in astronomy to measure the vast distances between celestial objects like stars and galaxies.
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Asked in JPSC CS Prelims 2024 · RPSC RAS Prelims 1998 · Topic: Measurement/Unit (Non-SI Units (e.g., Astronomical Unit, Light-Year, Electron-Volt))
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