light year to mile
Please provide values below to convert light year [ly] to mile [mi], or change ↔.
light year [ly]
Definition: The distance that light travels in one year in a vacuum, approximately 9.461 trillion kilometers.
Historyandorigin: First coined in the 19th century, the light-year was introduced to describe vast distances in the universe.
CurrentUse: Used by astronomers to express distances between stars and galaxies.
funfact: A light year is a measure of distance, not time!
mile [mi]
Definition: A unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems, equal to 5,280 feet or approximately 1,609.344 meters.
Historyandorigin: The mile originated from the Roman mile, which was 1,000 paces, or 5,000 Roman feet.
CurrentUse: Still widely used in the United States and the United Kingdom for road distances and air travel.
funfact: The word 'mile' comes from the Latin 'mille' meaning thousand, referring to the number of paces in a Roman mile.
light year [ly] to mile [mi] Conversion Table
| 1 light year [ly] | 5878625373183 mile [mi] |
| 2 light year [ly] | 11757250746366 mile [mi] |
| 3 light year [ly] | 17635876119549 mile [mi] |
| 5 light year [ly] | 29393126865915 mile [mi] |
| 10 light year [ly] | 58786253731831 mile [mi] |
| 50 light year [ly] | 293931268659155 mile [mi] |
| 100 light year [ly] | 587862537318310 mile [mi] |
| 1000 light year [ly] | 5878625373183100 mile [mi] |
| 10000 light year [ly] | 58786253731831000 mile [mi] |
| 100000 light year [ly] | 587862537318309900 mile [mi] |
| 1000000 light year [ly] | 5878625373183099000 mile [mi] |
How to Convert light year to mile
1 light year [ly] = 5878625373183 mile [mi]
1 mile [mi] = 1.70107795E-13 light year [ly]
we use cross multiplication method
light year [ly] → mile [mi]
1 → 5878625373183
1.5 → ?( suppose x)
=>1.5*5878625373183=1*x
by simplifying
x=8817938059775