mile to light year
Please provide values below to convert mile [mi] to light year [ly], or change ↔.
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]
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] to light year [ly] Conversion Table
| 1 mile [mi] | 1.70107795E-13 light year [ly] |
| 2 mile [mi] | 3.4021559E-13 light year [ly] |
| 3 mile [mi] | 5.10323385E-13 light year [ly] |
| 5 mile [mi] | 8.505389751E-13 light year [ly] |
| 10 mile [mi] | 1.70107795E-12 light year [ly] |
| 50 mile [mi] | 8.505389751E-12 light year [ly] |
| 100 mile [mi] | 1.70107795E-11 light year [ly] |
| 1000 mile [mi] | 1.70107795E-10 light year [ly] |
| 10000 mile [mi] | 1.70107795E-9 light year [ly] |
| 100000 mile [mi] | 1.70107795E-8 light year [ly] |
| 1000000 mile [mi] | 1.70107795E-7 light year [ly] |
How to Convert mile to light year
1 mile [mi] = 1.70107795E-13 light year [ly]
1 light year [ly] = 5878625373183 mile [mi]
we use cross multiplication method
mile [mi] → light year [ly]
1 → 1.70107795E-13
1.5 → ?( suppose x)
=>1.5*1.70107795E-13=1*x
by simplifying
x=2.551616925E-13