Definition:Light Year/Conversion Factors
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Light Year: Conversion Factors
| \(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 1\) | light year | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 9 \, 460 \, 730 \, 472 \, 580 \, 800\) | metres | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 5 \cdotp 8786 \times 10^{12}\) | miles | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 632 \, 41 \cdotp 077\) | astronomical units | |||||||||||
| \(\ds \) | \(\approx\) | \(\ds 0 \cdotp 3066\) | parsec |
Sources
- 1964: Milton Abramowitz and Irene A. Stegun: Handbook of Mathematical Functions ... (previous) ... (next): $2$. Physical Constants and Conversion Factors: Table $2.4$ Miscellaneous Conversion Factors
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): light year
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): light year
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): light year