How many smoot in 1 gigalight-year? The answer is 5.5554442093595E+24. We assume you are converting between smoot and gigalight year. You can view more details on each measurement unit: smoot or gigalight-year The SI base unit for length is the metre. 1 metre is equal to 0.58761311552474 smoot, or 1.0577248071986E-25 gigalight-year. Note that rounding errors may occur, so always check the results. Use this page to learn how to convert between smoots and gigalight years. Type in your own numbers in the form to convert the units!
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A smoot is a unit of distance (or "length", as physical scientists say) used for measuring the Harvard Bridge. It is named after an MIT fraternity pledge at Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, Oliver R. Smoot (class of 1962). In October of 1958, fellow students helped Mr. Smoot measure the length of the bridge by placing him end to end and marking the increments. Oliver was a top student at MIT and went on to run NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The smoot is equal to his height (five feet and seven inches -- 1.70 m), and the bridge's length was measured to be "364.4 smoots plus one ear".
One gigalight-year, abbreviation "Gly", is one billion light-years — one of the largest distance measures used. One gigalight-year equals 306.601 million parsecs, or roughly one-thirteenth the distance to the horizon of the observable universe (dictated by the cosmic background radiation). Gigalight-years are typically used to measure distances to supergalactic structures, such as clusters of quasars or the Great Wall.
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