Convert 20,000 Knots to Mach
How fast is 20,000 knots? What is 20 thousand knots in Mach? 20,000 knots to mach conversion.
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20,000 Knots ≈
Mach 31.056109
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Result in Plain English
20 thousand knots is equal to about Mach 31.1.
In Scientific Notation
20,000 knots
= 2 x 104 knots
≈ 3.10561 x 101 Mach
Knots
A knot is a unit of speed, equal to one nautical mile per hour. Something traveling at one knot is going about 1.151 land miles per hour.Common abbreviations: kn, kt
Mach
Mach is the ratio of an object's speed to the speed of sound. For example, something traveling at Mach 5 is traveling at 5 times the speed of sound. The speed of sound varies depending on many factors. In dry air, at 0 degrees Celsius, the speed of sound is about 331.3 meters per second.