What is 690min in Sidereal Minutes?

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What is 690 Minutes (690min) in Sidereal Minutes (min-sr)?

What is 690min in min-sr? Convert 690 Minutes (690min) to Sidereal Minutes (min-sr) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

Enter Minutes to convert to Sidereal Minutes


Quick Reference for Converting Minutes to Sidereal Minutes

Formula
min-sr = min x 1
Quick Rough Maths
Sidereal Minutes and Minutes are approximately equal
Minutes (min) in 1 Sidereal Minute
There are 1 Minutes in 1 Sidereal Minute
Sidereal Minutes (min-sr) in 1 Minute
There are 1 Sidereal Minutes in 1 Minute

Unit Information

Minute
/ˈmɪnɪt/
Symbol: min
Unit System: SI

What is the Minute?

The minute is a unit of time and is a multiple of an SI base unit with the symbol m.

There are 60 seconds in a minute. There are 60 minutes in an hour.

The Iranian scholar and polymath Al-Biruni who lived through the Islamic Golden Age (circa 1000 AD) was the first to split the hour sexagesimally (by 60) and introduced what we now understand as the “minute”.

It is understood in modern society to represent a relatively short amount of time – and is used very commonly in language to ask for a short break; hence the phrase “wait a minute”, “uno momento” and “un moment s’il vous plait”.

Sidereal Minute
/sʌɪˈdɪərɪəlˈ mɪnɪt/
Symbol: min-sr
Unit System: SI

What is the Sidereal Minute?

The sidereal minute is a unit of time used by astronomers and is derived from the SI unit system. We have used the symbol m-sr.

1 sidereal minute is made up of 60 sidereal seconds. This is derived ultimately from the sidereal day which is the time taken (in solar seconds) for the Earth to complete one rotation with respect to a distant star or constellation.


Conversion Tables for Minutes (min) to Sidereal Minutes (min-sr)