A182998 Decimal expansion of the time taken by light to travel one meter in a vacuum, measured in seconds.

0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 3, 3, 5, 6, 4, 0, 9, 5, 1, 9, 8, 1, 5, 2, 0, 4, 9, 5, 7, 5, 5, 7, 6, 7, 1, 4, 4, 7, 4, 9, 1, 8, 5, 1, 1, 7, 9, 2, 5, 8, 1, 5, 1, 9, 8, 4, 5, 9, 7, 2, 9, 0, 9, 6, 9, 8, 7, 4, 8, 9, 9, 2, 5, 4, 4, 7

Offset

0,9

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..74.

Example

0.00000000333564095198152049575576714...
The speed of light in vacuum is c = 299792458 m/s (exactly) then the light travels a meter in vacuum in 1 meter/c = 0.00000000333564095... seconds.
Also 3.33564095... microseconds is the time taken by light to travel one kilometer in a vacuum.

Mathematica

Join[{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}, RealDigits[1/299792458, 10, 70][[1]]] (* Harvey P. Dale, Feb 25 2024 *)

Crossrefs

Cf. A003678.

Sequence in context: A357057 A226592 A133683 * A117900 A318203 A282243

Adjacent sequences: A182995 A182996 A182997 * A182999 A183000 A183001

Keyword

cons,nonn

Author

Omar E. Pol, Dec 19 2010

Extensions

More terms and corrected a(36) from Nathaniel Johnston, Dec 29 2010

Mathematica program replaced by Harvey P. Dale, Feb 25 2024

Status

approved