Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from knots to meters per second is 0.514444444444, which means that 1 knot is equal to 0.514444444444 meters per second:
1 kt = 0.514444444444 m/s
To convert 20 knots into meters per second we have to multiply 20 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from knots to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 kt → 0.514444444444 m/s
20 kt → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 20 kt × 0.514444444444 m/s
V(m/s) = 10.28888888888 m/s
The final result is:
20 kt → 10.28888888888 m/s
We conclude that 20 knots is equivalent to 10.28888888888 meters per second:
20 knots = 10.28888888888 meters per second
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter per second is equal to 0.097192224622114 × 20 knots.
Another way is saying that 20 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.097192224622114 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twenty knots is approximately ten point two eight nine meters per second:
20 kt ≅ 10.289 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero nine seven times twenty knots.
Conversion table
knots to meters per second chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from knots to meters per second
knots (kt) | meters per second (m/s) |
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21 knots | 10.803 meters per second |
22 knots | 11.318 meters per second |
23 knots | 11.832 meters per second |
24 knots | 12.347 meters per second |
25 knots | 12.861 meters per second |
26 knots | 13.376 meters per second |
27 knots | 13.89 meters per second |
28 knots | 14.404 meters per second |
29 knots | 14.919 meters per second |
30 knots | 15.433 meters per second |