<Tr> <Td> ≈ 7000587862500000000 ♠ 5.878 625 trillion miles </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ≈ 7004632410770000000 ♠ 63 241. 077 astronomical units </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> ≈ 6999306601000000000 ♠ 0.306 601 parsecs </Td> </Tr> <P> Before 1984, the tropical year (not the Julian year) and a measured (not defined) speed of light were included in the IAU (1964) System of Astronomical Constants, used from 1968 to 1983 . The product of Simon Newcomb's J1900. 0 mean tropical year of 7007315569259747000 ♠ 31 556 925. 9747 ephemeris seconds and a speed of light of 7008299792500000000 ♠ 299 792. 5 km / s produced a light - year of 7015946053000000000 ♠ 9.460 530 × 10 m (rounded to the seven significant digits in the speed of light) found in several modern sources was probably derived from an old source such as C.W. Allen's 1973 Astrophysical Quantities reference work, which was updated in 2000, including the IAU (1976) value cited above (truncated to 10 significant digits). </P>

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