Convert 138 Light Years to Kilometers
How far is 138 light years? How long is 138 light years in kilometers? 138 ly to km conversion.
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138 Light Years ≈
1,305,580,805,216,150 Kilometers
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Result in Plain English
138 light years is equal to about 1.31 quadrillion kilometers.
In Scientific Notation
138 light years
= 1.38 x 102 light years
≈ 1.30558 x 1015 kilometers
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.
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.