Convert 215 Parsecs to Light Years
How far is 215 parsecs? How long is 215 parsecs in light years? 215 pc to ly conversion.
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215 Parsecs ≈
701.23621 Light Years
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Result in Plain English
215 parsecs is equal to about 701 light years.
In Scientific Notation
215 parsecs
= 2.15 x 102 parsecs
≈ 7.01236 x 102 light years
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.
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.