Conversion formula

The conversion factor from millimeters to kilometers is 1.0E-6, which means that 1 millimeter is equal to 1.0E-6 kilometers:

1 mm = 1.0E-6 km

To convert 17 millimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 17 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from millimeters to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mm → 1.0E-6 km

17 mm → L_(km)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:

L_(km) = 17 mm × 1.0E-6 km

L_(km) = 1.7E-5 km

The final result is:

17 mm → 1.7E-5 km

We conclude that 17 millimeters is equivalent to 1.7E-5 kilometers:

17 millimeters = 1.7E-5 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 58823.529411765 × 17 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 17 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 58823.529411765 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seventeen millimeters is approximately zero kilometers:

17 mm ≅ 0 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately fifty-eight thousand eight hundred twenty-three point five two nine times seventeen millimeters.

Conversion table

millimeters to kilometers chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from millimeters to kilometers