Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to centimeters is 100000, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 100000 centimeters:

1 km = 100000 cm

To convert 9970 kilometers into centimeters we have to multiply 9970 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to centimeters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 100000 cm

9970 km → L_(cm)

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

L_(cm) = 9970 km × 100000 cm

L_(cm) = 997000000 cm

The final result is:

9970 km → 997000000 cm

We conclude that 9970 kilometers is equivalent to 997000000 centimeters:

9970 kilometers = 997000000 centimeters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 centimeter is equal to 1.0030090270812E-9 × 9970 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 9970 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0030090270812E-9 centimeters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine thousand nine hundred seventy kilometers is approximately nine hundred ninety-seven million centimeters:

9970 km ≅ 997000000 cm

An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero times nine thousand nine hundred seventy kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to centimeters chart

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