cable length (US) | 1 cable length (US) | 2 cable length (US) | 3 cable length (US) | 4 cable length (US) | 5 cable length (US) | 6 cable length (US) | 7 cable length (US) | 8 cable length (US) | 9 cable length (US) | 10 cable length (US) | 11 cable length (US) | 12 cable length (US) | 13 cable length (US) | 14 cable length (US) | 15 cable length (US) | 16 cable length (US) | 17 cable length (US) | 18 cable length (US) | 19 cable length (US) | 20 cable length (US) | 21 cable length (US) | 22 cable length (US) | 23 cable length (US) | 24 cable length (US) | 25 cable length (US) | 26 cable length (US) | 27 cable length (US) | 28 cable length (US) | 29 cable length (US) | 30 cable length (US) | 31 cable length (US) | 32 cable length (US) | 33 cable length (US) | 34 cable length (US) | 35 cable length (US) | 36 cable length (US) | 37 cable length (US) | 38 cable length (US) | 39 cable length (US) | 40 cable length (US) | 41 cable length (US) | 42 cable length (US) | 43 cable length (US) | 44 cable length (US) | 45 cable length (US) | 46 cable length (US) | 47 cable length (US) | 48 cable length (US) | 49 cable length (US) | 50 cable length (US) | 51 cable length (US) | 52 cable length (US) | 53 cable length (US) | 54 cable length (US) | 55 cable length (US) | 56 cable length (US) | 57 cable length (US) | 58 cable length (US) | 59 cable length (US) | 60 cable length (US) | 61 cable length (US) | 62 cable length (US) | 63 cable length (US) | 64 cable length (US) | 65 cable length (US) | 66 cable length (US) | 67 cable length (US) | 68 cable length (US) | 69 cable length (US) | 70 cable length (US) | 71 cable length (US) | 72 cable length (US) | 73 cable length (US) | 74 cable length (US) | 75 cable length (US) | 76 cable length (US) | 77 cable length (US) | 78 cable length (US) | 79 cable length (US) | 80 cable length (US) | 81 cable length (US) | 82 cable length (US) | 83 cable length (US) | 84 cable length (US) | 85 cable length (US) | 86 cable length (US) | 87 cable length (US) | 88 cable length (US) | 89 cable length (US) | 90 cable length (US) | 91 cable length (US) | 92 cable length (US) | 93 cable length (US) | 94 cable length (US) | 95 cable length (US) | 96 cable length (US) | 97 cable length (US) | 98 cable length (US) | 99 cable length (US) | 100 cable length (US) |
lunar distance | 5.7090233661635 × 10-7 LD | 1.1418046732327 × 10-6 LD | 1.7127070098491 × 10-6 LD | 2.2836093464654 × 10-6 LD | 2.8545116830818 × 10-6 LD | 3.4254140196981 × 10-6 LD | 3.9963163563145 × 10-6 LD | 4.5672186929308 × 10-6 LD | 5.1381210295472 × 10-6 LD | 5.7090233661635 × 10-6 LD | 6.2799257027799 × 10-6 LD | 6.8508280393963 × 10-6 LD | 7.4217303760126 × 10-6 LD | 7.992632712629 × 10-6 LD | 8.5635350492453 × 10-6 LD | 9.1344373858617 × 10-6 LD | 9.705339722478 × 10-6 LD | 1.0276242059094 × 10-5 LD | 1.0847144395711 × 10-5 LD | 1.1418046732327 × 10-5 LD | 1.1988949068943 × 10-5 LD | 1.255985140556 × 10-5 LD | 1.3130753742176 × 10-5 LD | 1.3701656078793 × 10-5 LD | 1.4272558415409 × 10-5 LD | 1.4843460752025 × 10-5 LD | 1.5414363088642 × 10-5 LD | 1.5985265425258 × 10-5 LD | 1.6556167761874 × 10-5 LD | 1.7127070098491 × 10-5 LD | 1.7697972435107 × 10-5 LD | 1.8268874771723 × 10-5 LD | 1.883977710834 × 10-5 LD | 1.9410679444956 × 10-5 LD | 1.9981581781572 × 10-5 LD | 2.0552484118189 × 10-5 LD | 2.1123386454805 × 10-5 LD | 2.1694288791421 × 10-5 LD | 2.2265191128038 × 10-5 LD | 2.2836093464654 × 10-5 LD | 2.3406995801271 × 10-5 LD | 2.3977898137887 × 10-5 LD | 2.4548800474503 × 10-5 LD | 2.511970281112 × 10-5 LD | 2.5690605147736 × 10-5 LD | 2.6261507484352 × 10-5 LD | 2.6832409820969 × 10-5 LD | 2.7403312157585 × 10-5 LD | 2.7974214494201 × 10-5 LD | 2.8545116830818 × 10-5 LD | 2.9116019167434 × 10-5 LD | 2.968692150405 × 10-5 LD | 3.0257823840667 × 10-5 LD | 3.0828726177283 × 10-5 LD | 3.13996285139 × 10-5 LD | 3.1970530850516 × 10-5 LD | 3.2541433187132 × 10-5 LD | 3.3112335523749 × 10-5 LD | 3.3683237860365 × 10-5 LD | 3.4254140196981 × 10-5 LD | 3.4825042533598 × 10-5 LD | 3.5395944870214 × 10-5 LD | 3.596684720683 × 10-5 LD | 3.6537749543447 × 10-5 LD | 3.7108651880063 × 10-5 LD | 3.7679554216679 × 10-5 LD | 3.8250456553296 × 10-5 LD | 3.8821358889912 × 10-5 LD | 3.9392261226528 × 10-5 LD | 3.9963163563145 × 10-5 LD | 4.0534065899761 × 10-5 LD | 4.1104968236378 × 10-5 LD | 4.1675870572994 × 10-5 LD | 4.224677290961 × 10-5 LD | 4.2817675246227 × 10-5 LD | 4.3388577582843 × 10-5 LD | 4.3959479919459 × 10-5 LD | 4.4530382256076 × 10-5 LD | 4.5101284592692 × 10-5 LD | 4.5672186929308 × 10-5 LD | 4.6243089265925 × 10-5 LD | 4.6813991602541 × 10-5 LD | 4.7384893939157 × 10-5 LD | 4.7955796275774 × 10-5 LD | 4.852669861239 × 10-5 LD | 4.9097600949007 × 10-5 LD | 4.9668503285623 × 10-5 LD | 5.0239405622239 × 10-5 LD | 5.0810307958856 × 10-5 LD | 5.1381210295472 × 10-5 LD | 5.1952112632088 × 10-5 LD | 5.2523014968705 × 10-5 LD | 5.3093917305321 × 10-5 LD | 5.3664819641937 × 10-5 LD | 5.4235721978554 × 10-5 LD | 5.480662431517 × 10-5 LD | 5.5377526651786 × 10-5 LD | 5.5948428988403 × 10-5 LD | 5.6519331325019 × 10-5 LD | 5.7090233661635 × 10-5 LD |
A cable length or length of cable is a nautical unit of measure equal to one tenth of a nautical mile or approximately 100 fathoms. The unit is named after the length of a ship's anchor cable in the Age of Sail. The definition varies:
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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cable length (US) | ≡ 720 ft | = 219.456 m | Imperial/US |
cable length (US) | lunar distance | cable length (US) | lunar distance |
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1 | ≈ 5.7090233661635E-7 | 4 | ≈ 2.2836093464654E-6 |
1.5 | ≈ 8.5635350492453E-7 | 4.5 | ≈ 2.5690605147736E-6 |
2 | ≈ 1.1418046732327E-6 | 5 | ≈ 2.8545116830818E-6 |
2.5 | ≈ 1.4272558415409E-6 | 5.5 | ≈ 3.13996285139E-6 |
3 | ≈ 1.7127070098491E-6 | 6 | ≈ 3.4254140196981E-6 |
Lunar distance (LD), also called Earth–Moon distance, Earth–Moon characteristic distance, or distance to the Moon, is as a unit of measure in astronomy. It is the average distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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lunar distance | LD | ≈ 384402 km | ≈ 384 402 000 m | Science - Astronomy (Length) |
lunar distance | cable length (US) | lunar distance | cable length (US) |
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1 | ≈ 1751613.079615 | 4 | ≈ 7006452.3184602 |
1.5 | ≈ 2627419.6194226 | 4.5 | ≈ 7882258.8582677 |
2 | ≈ 3503226.1592301 | 5 | ≈ 8758065.3980752 |
2.5 | ≈ 4379032.6990376 | 5.5 | ≈ 9633871.9378828 |
3 | ≈ 5254839.2388451 | 6 | ≈ 10509678.47769 |
cable length (US) | lunar distance |
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1 | ≈ 5.7090233661635 × 10-7 |
1,751,613.079615 | ≈ 1 |
Symbol | Definition |
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≡ | exactly equal |
≈ | approximately equal to |
= | equal to |
digits | indicates that digits repeat infinitely (e.g. 8.294 369 corresponds to 8.294 369 369 369 369 …) |