Use the conversion factor of 1 light year 9.46 1012

Chapter 4, Problem 4.4.5

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Use the conversion factor of 1 light year 9.46 1012 kilometers or 5.88 1012 miles to determine the following. a. Alpha Centauri, the nearest star to our sun, is 4.3 light years away. What is the distance in kilometers? How many miles away is it? b. The radius of the Milky Way is 108 light years. How many meters is that? c. Deneb is a star 1600 light years from Earth. How far is that in feet? 2

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