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 5990 millimeters into kilometers we have to multiply 5990 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

5990 mm → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5990 mm × 1.0E-6 km

L_(km) = 0.00599 km

The final result is:

5990 mm → 0.00599 km

We conclude that 5990 millimeters is equivalent to 0.00599 kilometers:

5990 millimeters = 0.00599 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 166.9449081803 × 5990 millimeters.

Another way is saying that 5990 millimeters is equal to 1 ÷ 166.9449081803 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand nine hundred ninety millimeters is approximately zero point zero zero six kilometers:

5990 mm ≅ 0.006 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one hundred sixty-six point nine four five times five thousand nine hundred ninety 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