Parsec

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A parsec is a unit of distance used when measuring things that are very far away, like stars. One parsec is the distance that light will travel in 3.26 years, or just under 31 trillion kilometres (about 19 trillion miles). Distances measured in fractions of a parsec usually involve objects within the same star system.

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