Convert 42 Light Years to Miles
How far is 42 light years? How long is 42 light years in miles? 42 ly to mi conversion.
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42 Light Years ≈
246,902,265,673,712 Miles
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Result in Plain English
42 light years is equal to about 247 trillion miles.
In Scientific Notation
42 light years
= 4.2 x 101 light years
≈ 2.46902 x 1014 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.