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by wolfi1 11 days ago
150kkm - wouldn't that be 150 Mm?
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Yes, you are correct. As the SI brochure states: "Compound prefix symbols, i.e. prefix symbols formed by the juxtaposition of two or more prefix symbols, are not permitted."

Unfortunately, almost no one uses SI units and/or prefixes correctly.

I have another alternative: you could simply prefix the km with ,000
Meh, units should be used at the convenience of us, they are all arbitrarily defined to start with. We still use lots of non-si units, like AUs, minutes seconds and hours, degrees and arc units, or whatever else. Conversion is easier than ever today so I think units should be adapted to the application and use more fractional units when appropriate.
Sure, also 1 mAU and 0.5 light seconds, but treating km as a base unit and prefixing it with another k isn't too uncommon a misuse.
it's also 150 000 000 meters