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How many kilometers in 0.5 lightyears? Convert 0.5 lightyears to kilometers with our accurate calculator. Get instant, precise results for all your conversion needs.
Conversion Formula
1 ly = 9.461e+12 km
kilometer = lightyear × 9461000000000
0.5 × 9461000000000 = 4730500000000.00
0.5 lightyear = 4730500000000.00 kilometer
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A light-year is the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year. It's a unit of astronomical distance.
One light-year is approximately 9.461 trillion kilometers.
Yes, 0.5 light-years is equal to 4,730,500,000,000 kilometers, which is an extremely vast distance.
Astronomers use light-years because the distances to stars and galaxies are so enormous that kilometers become unwieldy and difficult to comprehend.
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