Unit definitions

Meter per square second

Meter per square second is the unit of acceleration in the International System of Units (SI). It is a derived unit (base units: meter and second).

Kilometers per square second

$\frac{1}{10^{3}}$ of a meter per second squared is a kilometer per second squared.

How to convert Meter per square second to Kilometers per square second

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{km/s²}} = \frac{\text{Acceleration}_{\text{ms⁻²}}}{{10}^{3}}$$

Examples

Example 1

Convert $50.0\ \text{ms⁻²}$ to $\text{km/s²}$.

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{km/s²}} = \frac{50.0}{{10}^{3}}$$

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{km/s²}} = 0.05$$

$$\therefore \ 50.0\ \text{ms⁻²} = 0.05 \ \text{km/s²}$$

Example 2

Convert $85.0\ \text{ms⁻²}$ to $\text{km/s²}$.

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{km/s²}} = \frac{85.0}{{10}^{3}}$$

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{km/s²}} = 0.085$$

$$\therefore \ 85.0\ \text{ms⁻²} = 0.085 \ \text{km/s²}$$

Example 3

Convert $110.0\ \text{ms⁻²}$ to $\text{km/s²}$.

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{km/s²}} = \frac{110.0}{{10}^{3}}$$

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{km/s²}} = 0.11$$

$$\therefore \ 110.0\ \text{ms⁻²} = 0.11 \ \text{km/s²}$$

Example 4

Convert $145.0\ \text{ms⁻²}$ to $\text{km/s²}$.

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{km/s²}} = \frac{145.0}{{10}^{3}}$$

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{km/s²}} = 0.145$$

$$\therefore \ 145.0\ \text{ms⁻²} = 0.145 \ \text{km/s²}$$

Example 5

Convert $160.0\ \text{ms⁻²}$ to $\text{km/s²}$.

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{km/s²}} = \frac{160.0}{{10}^{3}}$$

$$\text{Acceleration}_{\text{km/s²}} = 0.16$$

$$\therefore \ 160.0\ \text{ms⁻²} = 0.16 \ \text{km/s²}$$

Meter per square second to Kilometers per square second conversion table

Meter per square second to Kilometers per square second conversion table

Meter per square second [ms⁻²]	Kilometers per square second [km/s²]
1	0.001
2	0.002
3	0.003
4	0.004
5	0.005
6	0.006
7	0.007
8	0.008
9	0.009
10	0.01

Convert Meter per square second to other Acceleration units

Convert Meter per square second to other Acceleration units

Meter per square second [ms⁻²]	Other unit
1	0.101972 Standard Gravity [gₙ]
1	0.101972 G-force [g]
1	0.01 Hectometers per square second [hm/s²]
1	0.1 Decameters per square second [dam/s²]
1	1E+1 Decimeters per square second [dm/s²]
1	1E+2 Centimeters per square second [cm/s²]
1	1E+3 Millimeters per square second [mm/s²]
1	1E+6 Micrometers per square second [µm/s²]
1	1E+9 Nanometers per square second [nm/s²]
1	1E+12 Picometers per square second [pm/s²]
1	39.370079 Inches per square second [in/s²]
1	3.28084 Feet per square second [ft/s²]