Axis

Speed & velocity

kilometre per secondkm/s

Kilo-scaled variant of the metre per second, exactly km/s = 1000 base unit.

Dimension
speed
Canonical signature
L*T^-1
System
si
Exactness
Exact

Definition record

How this unit is defined

Canonical base
1 km/s = 1,000 m/s
Conversion type
linear
Aliases
kilo meter per second, kilo meters per second, kilo mps

Same dimension

Related units

metre per secondsim/skilometre per hoursi acceptedkm/hmile per hourimperial usmphquettametre per secondsiQm/sronnametre per secondsiRm/syottametre per secondsiYm/szettametre per secondsiZm/sexametre per secondsiEm/s

Common conversions

Every conversion routes through the canonical base of the dimension.

1 km/s = 1,000 m/s

Exact relationship

10 km/s = 10,000 m/s

Exact relationship