Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to meters per second is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.3048 meters per second:

1 ft/s = 0.3048 m/s

To convert 859 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 859 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.3048 m/s

859 ft/s → V_(m/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:

V_(m/s) = 859 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 261.8232 m/s

The final result is:

859 ft/s → 261.8232 m/s

We conclude that 859 feet per second is equivalent to 261.8232 meters per second:

859 feet per second = 261.8232 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 0.003819371239829 × 859 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 859 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.003819371239829 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight hundred fifty-nine feet per second is approximately two hundred sixty-one point eight two three meters per second:

859 ft/s ≅ 261.823 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero four times eight hundred fifty-nine feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to meters per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to meters per second