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Light year  

Definition

  • The distance that light travels in one year at about 300,000 km per second, i.e. 9.5 x 10^12 km. It is equal to about 63,000 astronomical units. (en)

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  • Light-year (en)
  • Lightyear (en)

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http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/919

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