Convert mile (US survey) to megameter
Please provide values below to convert mile (US survey) [mi (survey)] to megameter [Mm], or Convert megameter to mile (US survey).
How to Convert Mile (Us Survey) to Megameter
1 mi (survey) = 0.0016093472186944 Mm
Example: convert 15 mi (survey) to Mm:
15 mi (survey) = 15 × 0.0016093472186944 Mm = 0.024140208280416 Mm
Mile (Us Survey) to Megameter Conversion Table
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Mile (Us Survey)
The U.S. survey mile is a unit of length equal to 5,280 U.S. survey feet.
History/Origin
The U.S. survey foot was defined such that 1 meter is exactly 39.37 inches. This made the U.S. survey mile slightly longer than the international mile. The use of the survey foot was officially phased out in 2022.
Current Use
The U.S. survey mile was used for land surveying in the United States.
Megameter
A megameter is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 10^6 meters.
History/Origin
The prefix "mega-" for 10^6 was adopted by the CGPM (General Conference on Weights and Measures) in 1873.
Current Use
The megameter is sometimes used to specify the diameters of planets and the distances of satellites.