Convert 8,700 Light Years to Parsecs
How far is 8,700 light years? How long is 8.7 thousand light years in parsecs? 8,700 ly to pc conversion.
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8,700 Light Years ≈
2,667.4321 Parsecs
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Result in Plain English
8,700 light years is equal to about 2,670 parsecs.
In Scientific Notation
8,700 light years
= 8.7 x 103 light years
≈ 2.66743 x 103 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.