What is 84ly in Points?

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What is 84 Light Years (84ly) in Points (pt)?

What is 84ly in pt? Convert 84 Light Years (84ly) to Points (pt) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Light Years to Points

Formula
pt = ly x 2.6917872257368E+19
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Points, multiply the number of Light Years by 26917872.3 trillion
Light Years (ly) in 1 Point
There are 0 Light Years in 1 Point
Points (pt) in 1 Light Year
There are 2.6917872257368E+19 Points in 1 Light Year

Unit Information

Light Year
/lʌɪt jɪə,jəː/
Symbol: ly
Unit System: Astronomical System of Units

What is the Light Year?

The light year is a unit of length in the Astronomical system of units. It uses the symbol ly.

Often confused with a unit of time as it contains the word "year", it is actually defined by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) as the amount of distance that light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year (365.25 days).

Using the speed of light (299,792,458 m/s or 'c') and the Julian year (as apposed to the Gregorian year which is 365.2425 days), we can equivalate 1 light year as 9,460,730,472,580,800 metres or ≈ 9.46 trillion kilometres.

Point
/pɔɪnt/
Symbol: pt
Unit System: Typography

What is the Point?

The point is a unit of length in the field of typography and uses the symbol pt.

It is the smallest unit in the world of typography. There are 12 points in a pica.

In physical printing methods / press systems, the point size is the height of the metal press body on which the font's letters are made. When applied to the digital type space, letters are designed around a theoretical size, an em square which is scaled to the relative point size (when specified of course!).


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