Convert 8 Light Seconds to Kilometers
How far is 8 light seconds? How long is 8 light seconds in kilometers? 8 light seconds to km conversion.
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8 Light Seconds ≈
2,398,339.7 Kilometers
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Result in Plain English
8 light seconds is equal to about 2.4 million kilometers.
In Scientific Notation
8 light seconds
= 8 x 100 light seconds
≈ 2.39834 x 106 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.