Convert 5 Light Seconds to Parsecs
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5 Light Seconds ≈
0.000000048578059 Parsecs
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Result in Plain English
5 light seconds is equal to about 48.6 billionths of a parsec.
In Scientific Notation
5 light seconds
= 5 x 100 light seconds
≈ 4.85781 x 10-8 parsecs
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.
Parsecs
A parsec is a unit of distance used in astronomy. It is exactly 648,000 / Pi astronomical units, or approximately 30.9 trillion kilometers.