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A light year (ly) is a unit of length used in astronomy, representing the distance that light travels in one year through a vacuum, approximately 9.461 trillion kilometers (about 5.879 trillion miles).
The nautical mile is a unit of length used primarily in navigation and maritime contexts. It is defined as one minute of latitude along any meridian and is approximately equal to 1.852 kilometers.