Convert 42 Light Seconds to Kilometers
How far is 42 light seconds? How long is 42 light seconds in kilometers? 42 light seconds to km conversion.
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42 Light Seconds ≈
12,591,283 Kilometers
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Result in Plain English
42 light seconds is equal to about 12.6 million kilometers.
In Scientific Notation
42 light seconds
= 4.2 x 101 light seconds
≈ 1.25913 x 107 kilometers
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.
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.