Convert 176 Light Years to Astronomical Units
How far is 176 light years? How long is 176 light years in astronomical units? 176 ly to AU conversion.
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176 Light Years ≈
11,130,430 Astronomical Units
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Result in Plain English
176 light years is equal to about 11.1 million astronomical units.
In Scientific Notation
176 light years
= 1.76 x 102 light years
≈ 1.11304 x 107 astronomical units
Light Years
A light year is the distance that light travels in one year. The year used by the International Astronomical Union is 365.25 days. A light year is defined as exactly 9,460,730,472,580.8 kilometers.
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.