Convert Solar diameters to meters

Explanation

From this page you can convert Solar diameters to meters simply, by using the application above.

In case you are wondering, to convert from Solar diameters to meters you need to multiply by 1391400000. This factor is calculated using the respective definitions of the two units you can find below.

Formula

1 Solar diameter=1391400000 m

Solar diameters

dimension	length
synonyms	Sun diameters

This unit represents the diameter of the Sun.

The Sun is the star at the center of the solar system.

It is a giant ball of plasma powered by nuclear fusion in its core. This plasma is composed of hydrogen at roughly 73% and helium at 25%.

The Sun is a relatively small star classified as a yellow dwarf, but still contains about 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system.

Value

The mean diameter of the Sun is 1391400 kilometers.

Note: The values used in this converter are borrowed from the Planetary Fact Sheets.

Equivalences

The diameter of the Sun is roughly equivalent to:

Some Facts

The Sun is so big if you were running on its surface in a straight line at 7 km/h, it would take you more than 70 years to come back where you started (assuming you possess a technology preventing you from being instantly vaporized, otherwise you would not make it very far).

Astronomical Objects Diameters

Mercury	0.383
Venus	0.95
Earth	1
Lunar	0.273
Mars	0.532
Jupiter	10.973
Saturn	9.140
Uranus	3.981
Neptune	3.865
Solar	109.2

metersm

dimension	length
system	International system of units (SI)
symbol	m

The meter (m) is the base unit of length in the International System of Units.

Definition of the meter

It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the speed of light in vacuum c to be 299792458 when expressed in the unit m s^–1, where the second is defined in terms of the caesium frequency ∆ν_Cs.

Definition from the BIPM: Unit of length

In layman's terms, one meter is the distance traveled by light in 1/299 792 458 of a second.

Equivalences

One meter is equivalent to:

Metric length units

femtometer	fm	0.000 000 000 000 001
picometer	pm	0.000 000 000 001
nanometer	nm	0.000 000 001
micrometer	µm	0.000 001
millimeter	mm	0.001
centimeter	cm	0.01
decimeter	dm	0.1
meter	m	1
dekameter	dam	10
hectometer	hm	100
kilometer	km	1000
megameter	Mm	1 000 000
gigameter	Gm	1 000 000 000
terameter	Tm	1 000 000 000 000
petameter	Pm	1 000 000 000 000 000
exameter	Em	1 000 000 000 000 000 000

The International System of Units

The International System of Units or SI (from the French Système international (d'unité)), also called metric system in the U.S., is a coherent system of units that was published 1960. It is official in nearly every country.

The General Conference on Weights and Measures (Conférence générale des poids et mesures) is tasked with overseeing the SI.