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fractions of a second

metric name

0,000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001

yoctosecond [ ys ]

0,000 000 000 000 000 000 001

zeptosecond [ zs ]

0,000 000 000 000 000 001

attosecond [ as ]

0,000 000 000 000 001

femtosecond [ fs ]

0,000 000 000 001 [ trillionth ]

picosecond [ ps ]

0,000 000 001 [ billionth ]

nanosecond [ ns ]

0,000 001 [ millionth ]

microsecond [ s ]

0,001 [ thousandth ]

millisecond [ ms ]

0.01 [ hundredth ]

centisecond [ cs ]

1.0

second [ s ]

seconds to years
60 seconds

= 1 minute [ mean solar ]

59.83617 seconds

= 1 minute [ sidereal ]

60 minutes

= 1 hour

24 hours

= 1 day

3,600 seconds

= 1 hour

86,400 seconds

= 1 day [ mean solar ]

86,164.09 seconds

= 1 day [ sidereal ]

7 days

= 1 week

168 hours

= 1 week

14 days

= 1 fortnight

28, 29, 30 or 31 days

= 1 month

365 days

= 1 year

366 days

= 1 leap year

12 months

= 1 year

31,536,000 seconds

= 1 year [ calendar ]

31,558,150 seconds

= 1 year [ sidereal ]

31,556,930 seconds

= 1 year [ tropical ]

9,460,550,000,000,000 metres

= 1 light year

299,792,458 metres per second ( m/s )

= speed of light

parsec

= approx. 3.25 light years

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