light-year-astronomical unit conversion

Conversion number between light-year [ly] and astronomical unit [AU] is 63241.077084266. This means, that light-year is bigger unit than astronomical unit.

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1 light-year = (exactly) `(9460730472580800) / (149597870700)` = 63241.077084266 astronomical unit
1 astronomical unit = (exactly) `(149597870700) / (9460730472580800)` = 1.5812507409821 × 10^-5 light-year
? light-year × `(9460730472580800 ("m"/"light-year")) / (149597870700 ("m"/"astronomical unit"))` = ? astronomical unit

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light-year	astronomical unit
0	0
10	632410.77084266
20	1264821.5416853
30	1897232.312528
40	2529643.0833707
50	3162053.8542133
60	3794464.625056
70	4426875.3958986
80	5059286.1667413
90	5691696.937584
100	6324107.7084266
110	6956518.4792693

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Definition of light-year unit: ≡ Distance light travels in vacuum in 365.25 days.

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Definition of astronomical unit unit: ≡ 149597870700 m. ≈ Distance from Earth to Sun

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