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Feet to light-years

1 foot in light-years
1 ft = 3.222 × 10^-17 ly
ly = ft × 3.221738542 × 10^-17

To convert feet to light-years, multiply by 3.221738542 × 10^-17. The table below gives the values people look up most often, and the converter works for any number.

Feet to light-years table

Common foot values converted to light-years.
Feet Light-years
1 ft 3.222 × 10^-17
2 ft 6.443 × 10^-17
3 ft 9.665 × 10^-17
4 ft 1.289 × 10^-16
5 ft 1.611 × 10^-16
10 ft 3.222 × 10^-16
15 ft 4.833 × 10^-16
20 ft 6.443 × 10^-16
25 ft 8.054 × 10^-16
30 ft 9.665 × 10^-16
40 ft 1.289 × 10^-15
50 ft 1.611 × 10^-15
75 ft 2.416 × 10^-15
100 ft 3.222 × 10^-15
250 ft 8.054 × 10^-15
500 ft 1.611 × 10^-14
1,000 ft 3.222 × 10^-14

How the conversion works

The relationship is ly = ft × 3.221738542 × 10^-17. Both units measure length, so the conversion is a fixed factor that never changes. The figure is exact rather than approximate: since the international yard and pound agreement of 1959, an inch is defined as exactly 25.4 millimetres and a pound as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms, and every other imperial and US customary unit here is derived from those two.

Foot: Plural is "feet".

Common questions

How many light-years are in one foot?
One foot equals 3.222 × 10^-17 light-years. ly = ft × 3.221738542 × 10^-17.
How do you convert feet to light-years?
Use ly = ft × 3.221738542 × 10^-17. So 10 ft is 3.222 × 10^-16 ly.
How many feet are in one light-year?
One light-year equals 3.1039142 × 10^16 feet, which is the reverse of the conversion above.
Is there more than one kind of foot?
Plural is "feet".

Related pages

Sources

  1. Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811) — NIST (Public domain (US Government))
  2. The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
  3. Calculated on this page — At One Place

How these figures are compiled and checked