Meters to Lightyears (m to ly)

Lightyears to Meters (Swap Units)

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Meters to Lightyears formula

ly =
m * 0.00000000000000010570
 
 
 
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More information: Meters

Meters

1 m is equivalent to 1.0936 yards, or 39.370 inches.

Since 1983, the metre has been officially defined as the length of the path travelled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second.

 

Meters to Lightyears formula

ly =
m * 0.00000000000000010570
 
 
 

Lightyears

A lightyear is the distance that light travels in one year. Since there are various definitions for the length of a year, there are correspondingly slightly different values for a lightyear. One lightyear corresponds to about 9.461e15 m, 5.879e12 mi, or 63239.7 AU, or 0.3066 pc.

 

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