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How many lightyears in 500000 miles? Convert 500000 miles to lightyears with our accurate calculator. Get instant, precise results for all your conversion needs.
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1 mi = 1.701e-13 lylightyear = mile ÷ 5878792849757.416992500000 ÷ 5878792849757.416992 = 0.00500000 mile = 0.00 lightyear
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A light-year is the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year (365.25 days). It's a unit of astronomical distance.
500,000 miles is an extremely tiny fraction of a light-year, approximately 0.0000 light-years. It's far less than the distance light travels in just one second.
Light-years are used because distances in space are so immense that using miles would result in astronomically large and unmanageable numbers.
No, 500,000 miles is a very small distance in the context of space. The nearest star to our sun is over 4 light-years away, which is trillions of miles.
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