How many klick in 1 light year? The answer is 9460730472580.8. We assume you are converting between klick and light year. You can view more details on each measurement unit: klick or light year The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 0.001 klick, 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 klicks and light years. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
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Klick (sometimes spelled click) is a common military term meaning kilometre (or sometimes kilometres per hour). Its use became popular among soldiers in Vietnam during the 1960s, although veterans of the war recall its usage as early as the 1950s. Its origin is sometimes linked with the Australian army in Korea.
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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