Convert 0.5 Light Years to Miles
How far is 0.5 light years? How long is 1⁄2 of a light year in miles? 0.5 ly to mi conversion.
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0.5 Light Years ≈
2,939,312,686,592 Miles
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Result in Plain English
0.5 light years is equal to about 2.94 trillion miles.
From a Percentage
50% of a light year ≈ 2,940,000,000,000 miles.
In Scientific Notation
0.5 light years
= 5 x 10-1 light years
≈ 2.93931 x 1012 miles
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.
Miles
A mile is a unit of distance equal to 5,280 feet or exactly 1.609344 kilometers. It is commonly used to measure the distance between places in the United States and United Kingdom.