Convert 17 Light Years to Miles
How far is 17 light years? How long is 17 light years in miles? 17 ly to mi conversion.
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17 Light Years ≈
99,936,631,344,121 Miles
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Result in Plain English
17 light years is equal to about 99.9 trillion miles.
In Scientific Notation
17 light years
= 1.7 x 101 light years
≈ 9.99366 x 1013 miles
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.
Miles
A mile is a unit of distance equal to 5,280 feet or exactly 1.609344 kilometers. It is commonly used to measure the distance between places in the United States and United Kingdom.