Convert 5,900 Light Minutes to Astronomical Units
How far is 5,900 light minutes? How long is 5.9 thousand light minutes in astronomical units? 5,900 light minutes to AU conversion.
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5,900 Light Minutes ≈
709.41204 Astronomical Units
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Result in Plain English
5,900 light minutes is equal to about 709 astronomical units.
In Scientific Notation
5,900 light minutes
= 5.9 x 103 light minutes
≈ 7.09412 x 102 astronomical units
Light Minutes
A light minute is the distance that light travels in one minute. It is exactly 17,987,547.48 kilometers or about 11.177 million miles.
Astronomical Units
An astronomical unit is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. Estimates of this distance have varied over time. It is now defined as exactly 149,597,870.7 kilometers.