Light year, the Distance travelled by light in a year. .. The general unit for distance is meters... so light travels at 300 000 000 m/s. 60 seconds in 1 minute. 60 minutes in 1 hour. 24 hours in 1 day. 365 days in a year. So 300000000 x 60 x 60 x 24 x 365 = 9.46x10^15 m.
The SI unit of length is the meter. Multiply the number of light-years by 9.5 x 1015.
Its based on the speed of light.
Light years is a measure for distance, the distance light travels in one year. For the light to travel 587 light years, it takes 587 years.
To convert light-years to light-days, you can use the fact that one light-year is the distance light travels in one year, and one light-day is the distance light travels in one day. Since there are 365.25 days in a year, you can divide the number of light-years by 365.25 to get the equivalent in light-days. The average distance from Earth to the Sun is about 1 astronomical unit (AU), which is approximately 8.3 light-minutes, or about 0.0057 light-days. Thus, there are about 0.0057 light-days between Earth and the Sun.
Light years or parsecs
Light-year is a unit of distance, so that is the distance.If you want to convert that to the standard unit of distance, i.e. meters, you can multiply the number of light-years by 9.5 x 10 to the power 15.
It doesn't make sense to convert that. A light-year is a unit of distance, not a unit of time. A light-year is the distancelight travels in a year.
No - a light year is a unit of distance - not time so you can't convert.
You can convert between the units.
The standard unit for measuring the brightness of light is called the candela (cd), not the "kwe" unit.
lux
The star won't normally "travel the 37 light-years to Earth". 37 light-years would most likely be the distance from the star to Earth; it takes light from the star 37 years to reach us. Please note that a light-year is a unit of distance; it is NOT a unit of time. To convert from light-years to kilometers, multiply the number of light-years by 9.5 x 1012.
Feet is a standard unit of measurement mostly used in the American culture. The metric system will convert 6.2 feet into the 1.88976 meters which is the metric unit of measure.
Typically any unit conversions you need you can type it into Google Calculator. Using this method, I get 4.7302642 x 1013 km.
The SI unit of length is the meter. Multiply the number of light-years by 9.5 x 1015.
A light-year is a unit of distance, not a unit of time.
Its based on the speed of light.