Light Year

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Unit of length
gptkbp:abbreviation ly
gptkbp:category Non-SI astronomical unit
gptkbp:definedIn Distance light travels in one Julian year in vacuum
gptkbp:distanceLightTravelsInOneYear True
gptkbp:equivalentTo 0.3066 parsecs
5.8786 × 10^12 miles
63,241 astronomical units
9.4607 × 10^12 kilometers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Light Year
gptkbp:introducedIn 19th century
gptkbp:measures Interstellar distances
gptkbp:not_a_measure_of Time
gptkbp:SIUnitEquivalent 9.4607 × 10^15 meters
gptkbp:speedOfLightUsed 299,792,458 meters per second
gptkbp:symbol ly
gptkbp:usedBy Astronomers
gptkbp:usedIn Astronomy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jenny_Gillespie_Mason
gptkb:Proper_Dose
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7