Convert 48 Light Years to Kilometers
How far is 48 light years? How long is 48 light years in kilometers? 48 ly to km conversion.
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48 Light Years ≈
454,115,062,683,878 Kilometers
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Result in Plain English
48 light years is equal to about 454 trillion kilometers.
In Scientific Notation
48 light years
= 4.8 x 101 light years
≈ 4.54115 x 1014 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.