Light minute

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

Similar units are the light second, light hour, light day, light week, 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 minute is defined exactly.

• velocity of light in vacuum: 2.99792456 * 10⁸ m/s (meters/second)
• 1 light minute = 1.7987547 * 10¹⁰m

Comparison to other Units

• 1 AU = 8.31 light minutes
• 1 light minute = 17,987,547.36 km
• 1 light minute = 11,176,943.75 mi
• 1 light minute = 5.9014262 * 10<sump>10 ft
• 1 light minute = 1.9671421 * 10¹⁰ yd

Distances in Light Minutes

• the average distance between earth and sun is about 499 light seconds or 8.3 light minutes