Convert nautical mile (UK) to petameter
Please provide values below to convert nautical mile (UK) [NM (UK)] to petameter [Pm], or Convert petameter to nautical mile (UK).
How to Convert Nautical Mile (Uk) to Petameter
1 NM (UK) = 1.853184e-12 Pm
Example: convert 15 NM (UK) to Pm:
15 NM (UK) = 15 × 1.853184e-12 Pm = 2.779776e-11 Pm
Nautical Mile (Uk) to Petameter Conversion Table
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Nautical Mile (Uk)
The UK nautical mile, or Admiralty mile, was defined as 6,080 feet.
History/Origin
The British Admiralty defined its nautical mile as a thousandth of an imperial nautical mile. The UK adopted the international nautical mile of 1,852 meters in 1970.
Current Use
The UK nautical mile is an obsolete unit.
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.