Scientific

Vitesse de la lumière

Définition

La vitesse exacte à laquelle la lumière se déplace dans le vide : 299 792 458 mètres par seconde, utilisée depuis 1983 pour définir le mètre.

Explication

Because the speed of light is fixed by definition, the meter is now defined as the distance light travels in 1/299,792,458 of a second. At this speed, light circles the Earth 7.5 times per second and travels from the Moon to Earth in about 1.28 seconds. Nothing with mass can reach this speed: at 99% of c, time dilation already causes a factor of 7 difference between moving and stationary clocks.

01

RELATED CONVERSIONS

02

RELATED ARTICLES

03

RELATED TERMS