How many light years away is Mars from earth?
2 Answers
Mar 14, 2016
Less than 1 light year.
Mar 14, 2016
Explanation:
Light-years is not an adequate measure for distances inside the solar system. Symply a light-year is a humongously large measure of distance.
The distance between Earth and Mars is at the most 400 million km, and could be as small as 55 million km.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars
Even with the larger distance we would obtain:
Neverthless, here is your answer:
Just divide the time in seconds light takes between Earth and Mars, by the number of seconds within one year: