Convert 85 Light Years to Miles
How far is 85 light years? How long is 85 light years in miles? 85 ly to mi conversion.
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85 Light Years ≈
499,683,156,720,607 Miles
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Result in Plain English
85 light years is equal to about 500 trillion miles.
In Scientific Notation
85 light years
= 8.5 x 101 light years
≈ 4.99683 x 1014 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.