How many kiloparsec in 1 light year? The answer is 0.00030660139194648. We assume you are converting between kiloparsec and light year. You can view more details on each measurement unit: kiloparsec or light year The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 3.2407792700054E-20 kiloparsec, or 1.0570008340246E-16 light year. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between kiloparsecs and light years. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
1 kiloparsec to light year = 3261.5638 light year
2 kiloparsec to light year = 6523.12759 light year
3 kiloparsec to light year = 9784.69139 light year
4 kiloparsec to light year = 13046.25519 light year
5 kiloparsec to light year = 16307.81898 light year
6 kiloparsec to light year = 19569.38278 light year
7 kiloparsec to light year = 22830.94658 light year
8 kiloparsec to light year = 26092.51037 light year
9 kiloparsec to light year = 29354.07417 light year
10 kiloparsec to light year = 32615.63797 light year
You can do the reverse unit conversion from light year to kiloparsec, or enter any two units below:
The SI prefix "kilo" represents a factor of 103, or in exponential notation, 1E3.
So 1 kiloparsec = 103 parsecs.
The definition of a parsec is as follows:
The parsec (symbol pc) is a unit of length used in astronomy. It stands for "parallax of one arc second", and is approximately 19,131,554,073,600 (19 trillion) miles.
A light year, abbreviated ly, is the distance light travels in one year: roughly 9.46 × 1012 kilometres (9.46 petametres, or about 5.88 × 1012 (nearly six trillion) miles). More specifically, a light year is defined as the distance that a photon would travel, in free space and infinitely far away from any gravitational or magnetic fields, in one Julian year (365.25 days of 86400 seconds each).
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