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How many miles in 0.5 lightyears? Convert 0.5 lightyears to miles with our accurate calculator. Get instant, precise results for all your conversion needs.
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1 ly = 5.879e+12 mimile = lightyear × 5878792849757.4160160.5 × 5878792849757.416016 = 2939396424878.710.5 lightyear = 2939396424878.71 mile
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A light-year is a unit of astronomical distance, representing the distance that light travels in one year.
One light-year is approximately 5.88 trillion miles.
0.5 light-year is equal to 2,939,396,424,878.7080 miles.
Light-years are used because the distances between stars and galaxies are so vast that using miles would result in extremely large and cumbersome numbers.
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