Convert Light Years (ly) to Ells (ell) | ly in ell

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Quick Reference for Converting Light Years to Ells

Formula
ell = ly x 8.276946631671E+15
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Ells, multiply the number of Light Years by 8276.9 trillion
Light Years (ly) in 1 Ell
There are 0 Light Years in 1 Ell
Ells (ell) in 1 Light Year
There are 8.276946631671E+15 Ells 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.

Ell
/ɛl/
Symbol: ell
Unit System: Historic English

What is the Ell?

The ell is a unit of length and originates from historic England and uses the symbol ell.

The ell usually measured 45in or 1.143m but was origally a "cubit" - which was the length from your elbow to the tip of your fingers and literally translated from the word "arm". It was mostly used in the tailoring world when buying and selling textiles.

Although now obsolete, the word "ell" still survives in the English word "elbow".


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