light-year-metre conversion

Conversion number between light-year [ly] and metre [m] is 9460730472580800. This means, that light-year is bigger unit than metre.

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1 light-year = (exactly) `(9460730472580800) / (1)` = 9460730472580800 metre
1 metre = (exactly) `(1) / (9460730472580800)` = 1.0570008340246 × 10^-16 light-year
? light-year × `(9460730472580800 ("m"/"light-year")) / (1 ("m"/"metre"))` = ? metre

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If conversion between light-year to metre and metre to metre is exactly definied, high precision conversion from light-year to metre is enabled.

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light-year to metre conversion chart

Start value:	[light-year]
Step size	[light-year]
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light-year	metre
0	0
10	94607304725808000
20	189214609451616000
30	283821914177424000
40	378429218903232000
50	473036523629040000
60	567643828354848000
70	662251133080656000
80	756858437806464000
90	851465742532272000
100	946073047258080000
110	1040680351983888000

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light-year

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

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metre

Definition of metre unit: =1 m. Distance light travels in 1⁄299792458 of a second in vacuum. Old def: 1⁄10000000 of the distance from equator to pole.

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