Convert 5,500 Light Years to Astronomical Units
How far is 5,500 light years? How long is 5.5 thousand light years in astronomical units? 5,500 ly to AU conversion.
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5,500 Light Years ≈
347,825,924 Astronomical Units
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Result in Plain English
5,500 light years is equal to about 348 million astronomical units.
In Scientific Notation
5,500 light years
= 5.5 x 103 light years
≈ 3.47826 x 108 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.