Convert light year to meter
Light Year
A light-year (symbol: ly) is a unit of length equal to the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year, approximately 9.461×10¹⁵ metres (about 5.879 trillion miles). It is primarily used in astronomy to express distances to stars and galaxies beyond the Solar System. The light-year is not an SI unit but is accepted for use with the SI by the International Astronomical Union.
Meter
The metre (Commonwealth spelling and BIPM spelling) or meter (American spelling) (from the French unit mètre, from the Greek noun μετρούν, "measure") is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). The SI unit symbol is m. The metre is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
The metre was originally defined in 1793 as one ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole along a great circle, so the Earth's circumference is approximately 40000 km. In 1799, the metre was redefined in terms of a prototype metre bar (the actual bar used was changed in 1889). In 1960, the metre was redefined in terms of a certain number of wavelengths of a certain emission line of krypton-86. In 1983, the current definition was adopted.
Light Year to Meter conversion table
| Light Year | Meter |
|---|---|
| 1 | 9.461E+15 |
| 2 | 1.892E+16 |
| 5 | 4.73E+16 |
| 10 | 9.461E+16 |
| 25 | 2.365E+17 |
| 50 | 4.73E+17 |
| 100 | 9.461E+17 |
| 500 | 4.73E+18 |
| 1000 | 9.461E+18 |