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Light-second

The light-second is a unit of length useful in astronomy, telecommunications and relativistic physics. It is defined as the distance that light travels in free space in one second, and is equal to exactly 299792458 m (approximately 983571055 ft or 186282 miles).

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astronomical units
0.0020040 AU 3.1688×10−8 ly 9.7156×10−9 pc
imperial/US units
186282 mi
SI units
299792458 m
Unit of
length

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Use in telecommunications

Use in astronomy

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Light-second

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples20
Avg. degree1.95
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Light-second

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related to Use in astronomy · 7
Light-second → Earth, Earth-based, It, Moon, Solar System, Sun, The
related to Use in telecommunications · 7
Light-second → Communications, Distances, Earth, Hence, One, The, TV
is a · 2
Light-second → convenient unit for measuring distances in the inner Solar System, unit of length useful in astronomy
astronomical units · 1
Light-second → 0.0020040 AU 3.1688×10−8 ly 9.7156×10−9 pc
imperial/US units · 1
Light-second → 186282 mi
SI units · 1
Light-second → 299792458 m
Unit of · 1
Light-second → length

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earth distance light-seconds unit sun one second length used defined telecommunications light-year also astronomical average equal exactly astronomy au si

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Light-secondimperial/US units186282 mi1.00infobox
Light-secondSI units299792458 m1.00infobox
Light-secondUnit oflength1.00infobox
Light-secondis aunit of length useful in astronomy0.90text
Light-secondis aconvenient unit for measuring distances in the inner Solar System0.90text
Light-secondrelated to Use in astronomyThe0.60section
Light-secondrelated to Use in astronomySolar System0.60section
Light-secondrelated to Use in astronomyEarth-based0.60section
Light-secondrelated to Use in astronomyEarth0.60section
Light-secondrelated to Use in astronomySun0.60section
Light-secondrelated to Use in astronomyIt0.60section

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