To convert 1 centimeter to kilometer, divide 1 by 100,000. This is equivalent to multiplying 1 by the conversion factor 0.000010. So, 1 centimeter = 1 x 0.000010 = 0.000010 kilometer.

1 centimeter equals exactly 0.000010 kilometer. For practical purposes, this is often rounded to 0.0000 kilometer.

Objects measuring approximately 1 centimeter include a standard shirt button (1.0 cm diameter), a small jewelry bead (0.8 cm diameter), and the width of a Micro SD card (1.1 cm).

Converting centimeter to kilometer is useful for expressing very small dimensions within a larger geographical or engineering context, such as mapping micro-features on a large scale, or in scientific research where microscopic measurements need to be related to macroscopic distances.

A simple memory aid is to remember that there are 100 centimeters in a meter and 1000 meters in a kilometer. So, 100 x 1000 = 100,000 centimeters in a kilometer. To convert centimeters to kilometers, you divide by 100,000, which means moving the decimal point five places to the left.