Convert 5 Light Seconds to Astronomical Units
How far is 5 light seconds? How long is 5 light seconds in astronomical units? 5 light seconds to AU conversion.
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5 Light Seconds ≈
0.010019944 Astronomical Units
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Result in Plain English
5 light seconds is equal to about 0.0100 astronomical units.
To a Percentage
5 light seconds ≈ 1.00% of a astronomical unit.
In Scientific Notation
5 light seconds
= 5 x 100 light seconds
≈ 1.00199 x 10-2 astronomical units
Light Seconds
A light second is the distance that light travels in one second. It is exactly 299,792.458 kilometers or about 186,000 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.