Convert 0.5 Light Years to Kilometers
How far is 0.5 light years? How long is 1⁄2 of a light year in kilometers? 0.5 ly to km conversion.
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0.5 Light Years ≈
4,730,365,236,290 Kilometers
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Result in Plain English
0.5 light years is equal to about 4.73 trillion kilometers.
From a Percentage
50% of a light year ≈ 4,730,000,000,000 kilometers.
In Scientific Notation
0.5 light years
= 5 x 10-1 light years
≈ 4.73037 x 1012 kilometers
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.
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.