F Minus by Tony Carrillo for November 14, 2018

leap years, Bobby, measure distance, not time

Answer: Yes it does. If you divide 9.4607 trillion km/light year by 300 million m/s and convert units, you get 365.25 days, which is about the average length of a year.

Up next: what does it mean to make the Kessel run in under twelve parsecs?

Absolutely nothing. In fact, a parsec is a measure of distance, not time.

somebody needs some remedial work…

Also, they weigh nothing because they’re light!

A leap light year is one light day longer than a typical light year.

I think the light year would ignore the leap year. The leap year, by contrast would probably be “ok” with carrying the light year, but would be pretty damn upset about carrying the heavy year.

If light years take leap years into account does that mean that photons are slower in a leap year? And thus the speed of light is not a constant? ;-)

I literally Laughed Out Loud at this.

Those in the know, the Light year is based on the Julian Calendar which is 365.25 days long. Therefore leap year has nothing to do with a light year.

Comedian Steven Wright once asked if his car could go the speed of light would the headlights work? That’s a question I’d like an answer to.

.0078 light years isn’t much, but I don’t want to walk it.

yes

or, no

most excellent