Convert 47 Kilometers to Light Years
How far is 47 kilometers? How long is 47 kilometers in light years? 47 km to ly conversion.
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47 Kilometers ≈
0.0000000000049679039 Light Years
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47 kilometers is equal to about 4.97 trillionths of a light year.
In Scientific Notation
47 kilometers
= 4.7 x 101 kilometers
≈ 4.9679 x 10-12 light years
Kilometers
A kilometer, or kilometre, is a unit of length equal to 1,000 meters, or about 0.621 miles. In most of the world, it is the most common unit for measuring distance between places.
Light Years
A light year is the distance that light travels in one year. The year used by the International Astronomical Union is 365.25 days. A light year is defined as exactly 9,460,730,472,580.8 kilometers.