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Convert link [li] to light year [ly]
Please provide values below to Convert link [li] to light year [ly], or vice versa.
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.
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.
link [li] to light year [ly] Conversion Table
| link [li] | light year [ly] |
|---|---|
| 0.01 link [li] | 2.12634743779e-19 light year [ly] |
| 0.1 link [li] | 2.12634743779e-18 light year [ly] |
| 1 link [li] | 2.12634743779e-17 light year [ly] |
| 2 link [li] | 4.25269487558e-17 light year [ly] |
| 3 link [li] | 6.37904231337e-17 light year [ly] |
| 5 link [li] | 1.0631737189e-16 light year [ly] |
| 10 link [li] | 2.12634743779e-16 light year [ly] |
| 20 link [li] | 4.25269487558e-16 light year [ly] |
| 50 link [li] | 1.0631737189e-15 light year [ly] |
| 100 link [li] | 2.12634743779e-15 light year [ly] |
| 1000 link [li] | 2.12634743779e-14 light year [ly] |
How to Convert link [li] to light year [ly]
1 link [li] = 2.1263474377906E-17 light year [ly]
1 light year [ly] = 4.7029002985469E+16 link [li]
Example: convert 15 link [li] to light year [ly]:
15 × 2.1263474377906E-17 = 3.189521156686E-16 light year [ly]