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In astrophysics, a 'Light Year' is used as a unit of:

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Time
  2. Velocity
  3. Distance
  4. Illumination

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Distance

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: C) Distance šŸ“š Explanation: Despite containing the word "year," a light-year strictly measures vast cosmic distances. It is the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year, which equates to approximately 9.46 trillion kilometers.