Convert 1 Light Year to Parsecs
How far is 1 light year? How long is 1 light year in parsecs? 1 ly to pc conversion.
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1 Light Year ≈
0.30660139 Parsecs
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Result in Plain English
1 light year is equal to about 0.307 parsecs.
To a Percentage
1 light year ≈ 30.7% of a parsec.
In Scientific Notation
1 light year
= 1 x 100 light years
≈ 3.06601 x 10-1 parsecs
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.
Parsecs
A parsec is a unit of distance used in astronomy. It is exactly 648,000 / Pi astronomical units, or approximately 30.9 trillion kilometers.