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Convert light year [ly] to link [li]
Please provide values below to Convert light year [ly] to link [li], or vice versa.
What is a Light Year (ly)?
The light year is a unit of distance that represents how far light travels in one year in a vacuum. It is commonly used in astronomy to describe interstellar distances.
What is a Surveyor's Link?
A link equals 7.92 inches (20.12 cm) or 1/100 of a surveyor's chain. Invented by Edmund Gunter in 1620, this unit became fundamental in American land division, where 100 links made 1 chain and 10 chains defined an acre's width.
light year [ly] to link [li] Conversion Table
| light year [ly] | link [li] |
|---|---|
| 0.01 light year [ly] | 4.70290029855e+14 link [li] |
| 0.1 light year [ly] | 4.70290029855e+15 link [li] |
| 1 light year [ly] | 4.70290029855e+16 link [li] |
| 2 light year [ly] | 9.40580059709e+16 link [li] |
| 3 light year [ly] | 1.41087008956e+17 link [li] |
| 5 light year [ly] | 2.35145014927e+17 link [li] |
| 10 light year [ly] | 4.70290029855e+17 link [li] |
| 20 light year [ly] | 9.40580059709e+17 link [li] |
| 50 light year [ly] | 2.35145014927e+18 link [li] |
| 100 light year [ly] | 4.70290029855e+18 link [li] |
| 1000 light year [ly] | 4.70290029855e+19 link [li] |
How to Convert light year [ly] to link [li]
1 light year [ly] = 4.7029002985469E+16 link [li]
1 link [li] = 2.1263474377906E-17 light year [ly]
Example: convert 15 light year [ly] to link [li]:
15 × 4.7029002985469E+16 = 7.0543504478203E+17 link [li]