5 Kilometers to Light Years

Convert 5 kilometers (km) to light years (ly) with formulas, examples, and conversion tables.

km
ly
5 km = 5.2849e-13 ly
Full precision:5.2849e-13 ly
Feet + Inches:645834' 7.5"
Step-by-Step Solution

To convert 5 kilometers to light years, we divide by 9.461e+12 because one light year equals exactly 9.461e+12 kilometers.

1 light year = 9.461e+12 kilometers

Since there are 9.461e+12 kilometers in every light year, we divide our value by this factor:

5 ÷ 9.461e+12 = 5.2849e-13 light years

So 5 kilometers = 5.2849e-13 light years.

Quick check: 5.2849e-13 × 9.461e+12 = 5 kilometers

Kilometers to Light Years Conversion Table

KilometersLight Years
1 km1.057e-13 ly
2 km2.1139e-13 ly
3 km3.1709e-13 ly
4 km4.2279e-13 ly
5 km5.2849e-13 ly
10 km1.057e-12 ly
20 km2.1139e-12 ly
50 km5.2849e-12 ly
100 km1.057e-11 ly

5 Kilometers in Other Units

Unit5 km =
KM to Meters5000 m
Kilometers to Centimeters500000 cm
Kilometers to Millimeters5000000 mm
Kilometers to Micrometers5000000000 μm
Kilometers to Nanometers5e+12 nm
KM to Miles3.1069 mi
Kilometers to Yards5468.07 yd
Kilometers to Feet16404.2 ft
Kilometers to Inches196850.39 in
KM to Nautical Miles2.6998 nmi
Kilometers to Fathoms2734.03 ftm
Kilometers to Light Years5.2849e-13 ly
Kilometers to Astronomical Units3.3422e-8 AU
Kilometers to Parsecs1.6202e-13 pc
Kilometers to Angstroms5e+13 Å
Kilometers to Planck Lengths3.0936e+38 ℓP
Kilometers to Rods994.194 rd

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