Convert Minutes to Attoseconds
Convert Minutes (min) to Attoseconds (as) instantly and accurately.
Conversion Formula
as = min × 6.000000000e+19
About Minutes
A minute (min) = exactly 60 s, inherited from Babylonian sexagesimal astronomy. Medieval astronomers named the sixtieth part of a degree 'pars minuta prima' (hence minute); its sixtieth 'pars minuta secunda' (hence second). Running performance is expressed in min/km or min/mile; music tempo in BPM (beats per minute, ~40-220); angles in degrees-minutes-seconds (DMS). 1 min = 60 s = 1/60 h.
About Attoseconds
An attosecond (as) = 10⁻¹⁸ s - the timescale of electron dynamics in atoms. The Bohr-model orbital period in hydrogen is ~152 as. Electron tunnelling through atomic potential barriers takes a few hundred as. The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics (Agostini, Krausz, L'Huillier) honoured methods for generating sub-100 as pulses via high-harmonic generation in Ti:sapphire lasers. 1 as = 10⁻¹⁸ s = 1,000 zs.
Quick Reference Table
| Minutes (min) | Attoseconds (as) |
|---|---|
| 1 min | 6 × 1019 as |
| 2 min | 1.2 × 1020 as |
| 5 min | 3 × 1020 as |
| 10 min | 6 × 1020 as |
| 25 min | 1.5 × 1021 as |
| 50 min | 3 × 1021 as |
| 100 min | 6 × 1021 as |