Convert rod (US survey) to petameter
Please provide values below to convert rod (US survey) [rd (US)] to petameter [Pm], or Convert petameter to rod (US survey).
How to Convert Rod (Us Survey) to Petameter
1 rd (US) = 5.0292100584e-15 Pm
Example: convert 15 rd (US) to Pm:
15 rd (US) = 15 × 5.0292100584e-15 Pm = 7.5438150876e-14 Pm
Rod (Us Survey) to Petameter Conversion Table
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Rod (Us Survey)
A U.S. survey rod is a unit of length equal to 16.5 U.S. survey feet.
History/Origin
The U.S. survey rod is based on the U.S. survey foot, which was slightly different from the international foot. The use of survey units was officially phased out in 2022.
Current Use
The U.S. survey rod was used for land surveying in the United States.
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.