Ep. 69 - What's a Parsec? (Pt 4 of 7)
11 gen 2023 ·
7 min. 58 sec.
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Here we go with part 4! I hope you're learning a lot and that the discussion is prompting you to dig deeper and explore this fascinating field of cosmology. A...
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Here we go with part 4! I hope you're learning a lot and that the discussion is prompting you to dig deeper and explore this fascinating field of cosmology.
A parsec (a term used incorrectly by Hans Solo in Star Wars - A New Hope) is a unit of distance, not time. The word comes from the contraction of two other words...parallax and arcsecond. You see, we need a unit larger than a light year to start to understand the magnitude of the universe and the distance between the stars. Indeed, 1 parsec is equal to 3.26 light years!
Questions? Email me at astrostephenson11@gmail.com or Twitter @astrostephenson
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A parsec (a term used incorrectly by Hans Solo in Star Wars - A New Hope) is a unit of distance, not time. The word comes from the contraction of two other words...parallax and arcsecond. You see, we need a unit larger than a light year to start to understand the magnitude of the universe and the distance between the stars. Indeed, 1 parsec is equal to 3.26 light years!
Questions? Email me at astrostephenson11@gmail.com or Twitter @astrostephenson
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