It would take an incredibly long time to walk a light-year!
A light-year is the distance light travels in one year. Light travels at an astounding speed of approximately 186,282 miles per second. To put that in perspective, you could walk around the Earth's equator in about 365 days, but it would take you millions of years to walk just one light-year.
Here's a breakdown:
- Walking speed: A typical walking speed is about 3 miles per hour.
- Time to walk one light-year: At this speed, it would take approximately 6.7 trillion years to walk one light-year.
To give you a sense of how enormous that is, the age of the universe is estimated to be around 13.8 billion years.
It's important to note that walking a light-year is a purely theoretical concept as it's practically impossible for humans to survive such an extended journey.
