Approximately how many light years are there between earth and mars?
There are no “light years” of distance between Earth and Mars. One light year is about 6 Trillion Miles. the distance between Earth and Mars is much less than that. Now, since both Earth and Mars are in individual orbits around the Sun, the actual distance between them varies depending opon where each one is in their particular orbit. The Earth is roughly 93,000,000 Miles from the Sun. Mars is roughly 141,000,000 Miles from the Sun. So, using rough arithmetic, at the closest orbital locations, Mars would be 141 Million minus 93 Million Miles = 48 Million Miles. Then, when they are at the fartherest points away from each other (like on opposite sides of the Sun) they would be 141 Million plus 93 Million = 234 Million miles apart. Please note that 234 Million is only a teeny part of 6 Trillion Miles (one light year).
