To convert m to ly enter the value in the field below and select the target unit, the value will be displayed below:
| Metric | |
|---|---|
| Kilometer (km) | |
| Meter (m) | |
| Decimeter (dm) | |
| Centimeter (cm) | |
| Millimeter (mm) | |
| Micrometer (µm) | |
| Nanometer (nm) | |
| Angstrom (Å) | |
| Astronomical | |
|---|---|
| Parsec (pc) | |
| Light-year | |
| Astronomical unit (AU) | |
| Light-minute | |
| Light-second | |
| British/American | |
|---|---|
| League | |
| Mile (mi) | |
| Furlong | Chain |
| Rod (rd) | |
| Yard (yd) | |
| Foot (ft) | |
| Link | |
| Hand | |
| Inch (in) | |
| Line | |
| Thousandth (mil) | |
| Thou (thou) | |
| Nautical | |
|---|---|
| Nautical mile | |
| Fathom | |
The formulas for conversion are represented below:
ly = m / 9,461x1015
Example: 1000 Meters in Light Years:
ly = m / 9,461x1015
ly = 1000 / 9,461x1015
ly = 1.057x10-13
m = ly * 9,461x1015
Example: 5 Light Years in Meters:
m = ly * 9,461x1015
m = 5 * 9.461x1015
m = 4.73x1016
Considering that 1 Meter is equivalent to 1.057x10-16 Light-Years, you can use a rule of three to obtain that 50 Meters equals 5.285x10-15< /sup>Light Years.
1 m - 1,057x10-16 ly
50 m - x
Apply the rule of three and get:
x m = 5.285x10-15 lym
x = 5.285x10-15 ly
If every 1 Light Years we have 9.461x1015 Meters, just multiply the amount of Light Years (100) by 9.461x1015, so you will get that 100 ly equals 9,461x1017 m. Observe the calculation below:
m = ly * 9,461x1015
m = 100 * 9,461x1015
m = 9.461x1017