Convert attometer to petameter
Please provide values below to convert attometer [am] to petameter [Pm], or Convert petameter to attometer.
How to Convert Attometer to Petameter
1 am = 1e-33 Pm
Example: convert 15 am to Pm:
15 am = 15 × 1e-33 Pm = 1.5e-32 Pm
Attometer to Petameter Conversion Table
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Attometer
An attometer is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 10^-18 meters.
History/Origin
The prefix "atto-" for 10^-18 was adopted by the CGPM (General Conference on Weights and Measures) in 1964.
Current Use
The attometer is used in high-energy physics to describe the scales relevant to quarks and leptons.
Petameter
A petameter is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 10^15 meters.
History/Origin
The prefix "peta-" for 10^15 was adopted by the CGPM (General Conference on Weights and Measures) in 1975.
Current Use
The petameter is used for measuring distances on a galactic scale, such as the size of the Milky Way galaxy.