Kilometer to Light-year
Kilometer (km)
Light-year (ly)
How it is calculated
Each unit is defined via the base unit (meter (m)). The value is first converted to the base unit, then to the selected unit.
1 km = 1000 m
1 ly = 9.46073047e15 m
1 km × 1000 = 1000 m
1000 m ÷ 9.46073047e15 = 1.05700083e-13 ly