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gigameter | 0.2997925 Gm | 0.5995849 Gm | 0.8993774 Gm | 1.1991698 Gm | 1.4989623 Gm | 1.7987547 Gm | 2.0985472 Gm | 2.3983397 Gm | 2.6981321 Gm | 2.9979246 Gm | 3.2977170 Gm | 3.5975095 Gm | 3.8973020 Gm | 4.1970944 Gm | 4.4968869 Gm | 4.7966793 Gm | 5.0964718 Gm | 5.3962642 Gm | 5.6960567 Gm | 5.9958492 Gm | 6.2956416 Gm | 6.5954341 Gm | 6.8952265 Gm | 7.1950190 Gm | 7.4948115 Gm | 7.7946039 Gm | 8.0943964 Gm | 8.3941888 Gm | 8.6939813 Gm | 8.9937737 Gm | 9.2935662 Gm | 9.5933587 Gm | 9.8931511 Gm | 10.1929436 Gm | 10.4927360 Gm | 10.7925285 Gm | 11.0923209 Gm | 11.3921134 Gm | 11.6919059 Gm | 11.9916983 Gm | 12.2914908 Gm | 12.5912832 Gm | 12.8910757 Gm | 13.1908682 Gm | 13.4906606 Gm | 13.7904531 Gm | 14.0902455 Gm | 14.3900380 Gm | 14.6898304 Gm | 14.9896229 Gm | 15.2894154 Gm | 15.5892078 Gm | 15.8890003 Gm | 16.1887927 Gm | 16.4885852 Gm | 16.7883776 Gm | 17.0881701 Gm | 17.3879626 Gm | 17.6877550 Gm | 17.9875475 Gm | 18.2873399 Gm | 18.5871324 Gm | 18.8869249 Gm | 19.1867173 Gm | 19.4865098 Gm | 19.7863022 Gm | 20.0860947 Gm | 20.3858871 Gm | 20.6856796 Gm | 20.9854721 Gm | 21.2852645 Gm | 21.5850570 Gm | 21.8848494 Gm | 22.1846419 Gm | 22.4844344 Gm | 22.7842268 Gm | 23.0840193 Gm | 23.3838117 Gm | 23.6836042 Gm | 23.9833966 Gm | 24.2831891 Gm | 24.5829816 Gm | 24.8827740 Gm | 25.1825665 Gm | 25.4823589 Gm | 25.7821514 Gm | 26.0819438 Gm | 26.3817363 Gm | 26.6815288 Gm | 26.9813212 Gm | 27.2811137 Gm | 27.5809061 Gm | 27.8806986 Gm | 28.1804911 Gm | 28.4802835 Gm | 28.7800760 Gm | 29.0798684 Gm | 29.3796609 Gm | 29.6794533 Gm | 29.9792458 Gm |
The light-second is a unit of length useful in astronomy, telecommunications and relativistic physics. It is defined as the distance that light travels in free space in onesecond, and is equal to exactly 299792458 metres (just over 186282 miles).
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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light-second | ≡ Distance light travels in one second in vacuum | ≡ 299 792 458 m | Science - Astronomy (Length) |
light-seconds | gigameters | light-seconds | gigameters |
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1 | ≡ 0.299792458 | 4 | ≡ 1.199169832 |
1.5 | ≡ 0.449688687 | 4.5 | ≡ 1.349066061 |
2 | ≡ 0.599584916 | 5 | ≡ 1.49896229 |
2.5 | ≡ 0.749481145 | 5.5 | ≡ 1.648858519 |
3 | ≡ 0.899377374 | 6 | ≡ 1.798754748 |
Gigameter or gigametre is equal to 1,000,000,000 meters or 106 meters (unit of length), comes from a combination of the metric prefix giga (G) and the SI unit of length meter (m). Plural name is gigameters.
Name of unit | Symbol | Definition | Relation to SI units | Unit System |
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gigameter | Gm | ≡ 1×109 m | ≡ 1×109 m | Metric system SI |
gigameters | light-seconds | gigameters | light-seconds |
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1 | ≡ 3.3356409519815 | 4 | ≡ 13.342563807926 |
1.5 | ≡ 5.0034614279723 | 4.5 | ≡ 15.010384283917 |
2 | ≡ 6.671281903963 | 5 | ≡ 16.678204759908 |
2.5 | ≡ 8.3391023799538 | 5.5 | ≡ 18.346025235898 |
3 | ≡ 10.006922855945 | 6 | ≡ 20.013845711889 |
light-seconds | gigameters |
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1 | ≡ 0.2997925 |
3.3356410 | ≡ 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 …) |