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Kilometers to Light-years converter

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Result: 1 km = 0 ly
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km to ly conversion table

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To convert kilometers to light-years, enter the value in the first field. The result in light-years is calculated automatically using the exact conversion factor.

1 km ≈ 1.05700083402 × 10-13 ly
1 ly = 9.4607304725808 × 1012 km

Formula: ly ≈ km × 1.05700083402 × 10-13
km = ly × 9.4607304725808 × 1012

Definitions: 1 km = 1000 m; 1 ly = 9.4607304725808 × 1015 m

The kilometer (km) is 1,000 meters. It is the standard unit for road distances, speed limits and running or cycling routes in most of the world, with the United States and the United Kingdom being the main countries that still use miles on roads.

The light-year (ly) is the distance light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year (365.25 days), about 9.46 trillion kilometers. It is used for distances between stars and galaxies; the nearest stars beyond the Sun are roughly 4 light-years away.

See the conversion table with commonly used values, handy for quick reference or study.

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