Light week

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


Similar units are the light second, light minute, light hour, light day, light month, light year. A light minute is 60 light seconds and a light hour is 60 light minutes, or 3600 light seconds.

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 week = 2.8231447 * 1011 km
  • 1 light week = 1.1266359 * 1011 mi
  • 1 light week = 1.6028637 * 1015 ft
  • 1 light week = 1.9828611 * 1014 yd


Distances in Light Weeks