Convert Sidereal Seconds (s-sr) to Minutes (min) | s-sr in min

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This quick and easy calculator will convert Sidereal Seconds (s-sr) to Minutes (min) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Sidereal Seconds to Minutes

Formula
min = s-sr / 60.16
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Minutes, divide the number of Sidereal Seconds by 60.2
Sidereal Seconds (s-sr) in 1 Minute
There are 60.16 Sidereal Seconds in 1 Minute
Minutes (min) in 1 Sidereal Second
There are 0.02 Minutes in 1 Sidereal Second

Unit Information

Sidereal Second
/sʌɪˈdɪərɪəlˈsɛk(ə)nd/
Symbol: s-sr
Unit System: SI

What is the Sidereal Second?

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

1 sidereal second is 1/60 of a sidereal minute. 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.

Like with normal seconds, minutes, hours and days, there are still 60 x 60 x 24 seconds in a day, but the day itself is approximately 23 h 56 min and 4.1 s in (normal) seconds.

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”.


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