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Lightyear
A light-year, alternatively spelled light year, is a large unit of length used to express astronomical distances and is equivalent to about 9.46 trillion kilometers (9.46×1012 km), or 5.88 trillion miles (5.88×1012 mi). As defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a light-year is the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year (365.25 days). Because it includes the time-measurement word "year", the term light-year is sometimes misinterpreted as a unit of time.The light-year is most often used when expressing distances to stars and other distances on a galactic scale, especially in non-specialist contexts and popular science publications. The unit most commonly used in professional astronomy is the parsec (symbol: pc, about 3.26 light-years) which derives from astrometry; it is the distance at which one astronomical unit subtends an angle of one second of arc.
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Lightyear
Lightyear were a UK 7-piece ska punk band. They formed in 1997 in Derby, England. They signed to Household Name Records in 2001, and the band released two full-length albums via the label. During their career, Lightyear also released a split EP with friends Evil Macaroni, a 'demo' and contributed to several international punk compilation CDs.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lightyear in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
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The numerical value of lightyear in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
Look, Tim Allen is Buzz Lightyear, what Tim Allen did in those movies is so iconic and so loved, and I'd be Chris Evans not to incorporate some of Tim Allen choices into this role. Chris Evans said Tim Allen studied Tim Allen while taking on the role of Buzz Lightyear. ( Valerie Macon).
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