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===Distances in Light days===
===Distances in Light days===


Unfortunately there are no distances in nature where it make sense to express them in light days. Distances in our solar system are normally expressed in [[light second]]s up to [[light hour]]s. Distances in our galaxy are normally expressed in [[light year]]s.
* the maximum distance between [[sun]] and [[Sedna]]<ref>2003 VB12, 90377</ref> is about 133,593 Mio km or 5.1 light days
 


===Notes===
===Notes===

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The light day is the distance that the light travels in vacuum in one day and so is a unit of distance.


Similar units are the light second, light minute, light hour, light week, light month, light year.


numerical value

As opposed to the light year, whose value more or less depends on the definition of year, the value of the light hour is defined exactly.


Comparison to other Units

  • 1 light day = 25,902,068,371.200 km = 2.5902068 * 1010 km
  • 1 light day = 16,094,799,105.225 mi[2] = 1.6094799 * 1010 mi
  • 1 light day = 84,980,539,275,590.551 ft[3] = 8.498053913 ft
  • 1 light day = 28,326,846,425,196.850 yd [4] = 2.8326846 * 1013 yd


Distances in Light days

  • the maximum distance between sun and Sedna[5] is about 133,593 Mio km or 5.1 light days

Notes

  1. Review of Particle Physics Particle Data Group: W.-M. Yao et al., J. Phys. G 33, 1 (2006).
  2. 1 mi = 1609.344 m
  3. 1 ft = 0.3048 m
  4. 1 yd = 0.9144 m
  5. 2003 VB12, 90377


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