How many light hour in 1 kiloparsec? The answer is 28590868.242145. We assume you are converting between light hour and kiloparsec. You can view more details on each measurement unit: light hour or kiloparsec The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 9.2656693110598E-13 light hour, or 3.2407792700054E-20 kiloparsec. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between light hours and kiloparsecs. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
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A light-hour (also written light hour) is a unit of length. It is the distance travelled by light in vacuum in one hour. Based on the current definition of the metre a light-hour is equal to 1,079,252,848,800 metres (~1.08 Tm).
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.
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