Kilometers to light-years (km to ly) converter

You can enter a value in either the kilometers (km) or light-years (ly) input fields. For an understanding of the conversion process, we include algebraic formulas.

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kilometers (km)		light-years (ly)
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1 km = 0 ly		1 ly = 9460753090819 km

Algebraic Steps / Dimensional Analysis Formula

100000 cm
1 km

1 in
2.54 cm

1 ly
3.7221476203E+17 in

Direct Conversion Formula

1 ly
9460753090819 km

Conversion to other Length units
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