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One light year is equal to:
Explanation
Light year defines distance light travels in vacuum in one Julian year. With c = 299792458 m/s and 365.25 days, product yields about 9.461×10^12 km. Astronomers use it for interstellar scales, approximate commonly rounded to 9.5×10^12 km for estimation purposes.
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