Metric Length Equivalents Table Calculator
by Jay Tanner

Enter Length or Distance Value Followed By Any Recognized Length Units Symbol

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Length or Distance Equivalents to:
1 m
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10000000000 Å
10 billion (E9)

1000000000 nm
1 billion (E9)

1000000 um
1 million (E6)

1000 mm
100 cm
39.3700787401574803149606299212598425196850393700787401574803149606299 in
3.28083989501312335958005249343832020997375328083989501312335958005249 ft
1.09361329833770778652668416447944006999125109361329833770778652668416 yd
1 m
0.001 km
0.00062137119223733396961743418436331822158593812137119223733396961743 mi
0.00053995680345572354211663066954643628509719222462203023758099352051 nmi
0.00000000333564095198152049575576714474918511792581519845972909698748 LS
0.00000000005559401586635867492926278574581975196543025330766215161645 LM
0.00000000000092656693110597791548771309576366253275717088846103586027 LH
0.00000000000668458712226844549599595337021063629350173631849694502369 AU
0.00000000000003860695546274907981198804565681927219821545368587649417 LD
0.00000000000000010570008340246154637094605244851272333529213877036685 LY
0.00000000000000003240779289444365023237687716352957261418783699123208 pc

There are 19 length units symbols recognized by this program as listed in the
table below.  The symbols are NOT case sensitive.

LENGTH UNITS SYMBOLS TABLE
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 SYMBOL    REPRESENTED LENGTH UNIT
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   A       Ångstroms   = Ångstrom units
  nm       nanometers  = millimicrons
  um  u    micrometers = microns
  mm       millimeters
  cm       centimeters
  in       inches
  ft       feet
  yd       yards
   m       meters
  km       kilometers
  mi       miles (statute)
  nmi      nautical miles
  LS       Light Seconds (distance that light travels in 1 second)
  LM       Light Minutes (distance that light travels in 1 minute)
  LH       Light Hours (distance that light travels in 1 hour)
  AU       Astronomical Units (standard mean distance between Sun and Earth)
  LD       Light Days (distance that light travels in 1 day)
  LY       Light Years (distance that light travels in 1 standard year)
  pc       parsecs = parallax seconds

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APPLIED CONSTANTS AND DERIVED VALUES USED FOR THE HIGH-PRECISION COMPUTATIONS
NOTE:
Extended decimal computations are truncated, not rounded.

pi = Classical Circular Constant (π)
   = Ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.
   = Circumference / Diameter
   = 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592

c  =  Speed of Light in Vacuo
   =  299792458 m/s (299,792,458)

1 mi = 1 Statute Mile
     = 1609.344 m

1 nmi = 1 Nautical Mile
      = 1852 m

1 AU = 1 Astronomical Unit = Standard mean distance between Sun and Earth.
     = 149597870700 m (149,597,870,700)

1 LY = 1 Light Year
     = 9460730472580800 m (9,460,730,472,580,800)

1 Standard Year = 365.25 days
                = 31557600 seconds (31,557,600)

1 pc = 1 parsec (parallax second)
     = AU value equal to the number of seconds of arc in 1.0 radian.
     = 648000 / pi
 = 206264.80624709635515647335733077861319665970087963155757697687790033 AU

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Program by Jay Tanner
Revised: Thursday, January 01, 1970 at 12:00:00 AM UTC