500,000 meters is equal to 0.0000 light-years. This shows how small a distance measured in meters is compared to the vast distances in space.

500,000 meters is the same as 500 kilometers, which is roughly the distance between London and Paris.

Light-years are used for extremely large cosmic distances. Earth-based distances, even large ones like 500,000 meters, are so incredibly small in comparison that they round down to zero when expressed in light-years.

A light-year is used to measure the enormous distances between stars and galaxies. It's the distance light travels in one year.