from SI import meter from SI import nano, milli, centi, kilo # # Definitions of common length units # Data taken from Appendix F of Halliday, Resnick, Walker, "Fundamentals of Physics", # fourth edition, John Willey and Sons, 1993 nanometer = nano * meter millimeter = milli * meter centimeter = centi * meter kilometer = kilo * meter inch = 2.540 * centimeter foot = 12 * inch yard = 3 * foot mile = 5280 * foot fathom = 6 * foot nautical_mile = 6076 * foot angstrom = 1e-10 * meter fermi = 1e-15 * meter light_year = 9.460e12 * kilometer parsec = 3.084e13 * kilometer