Kiloparsec (kpc)
A unit of distance equal to 1000 pc or 3260 ly.
Kirchoff's Laws ...
Kiloparsec (kpc) - A unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs (pc), often used to describe distances within the Milky Way or the Local Group of galaxies ...
A kiloparsec (kpc) is a measurement of distance equal to 1,000 parsecs or 3,260 light years.
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220. Kiloparsec (kpc)
A unit of distance equal to 1000 pc or 3260 ly.
Kirchoff's Laws -A set of laws that describes the Absorption and emission of light by matter.
You may have noticed that there is now a new unit of measure given above, the kiloparsec (kpc). This is just the same as a 1000 parsecs and is a pretty convenient unit of measure for sizes within the galaxy.
A distance of one thousand parsecs (approximately 3,262 ly) is commonly denoted by the kiloparsec (kpc). Astronomers typically use kiloparsecs to measure distances between parts of a galaxy, or within groups of galaxies. So, for example: ...
parsec
The distance to an object which has a parallax of one arc second. It is equal to 3.26 light years, or 3.1 x 1018 cm (see scientific notation). A kiloparsec (kpc) is equal to 1000 parsecs. A megaparsec (Mpc) is equal to a million (106) parsecs.
triangle, whose short leg is one astronomical unit when the angle between the Sun and the Earth, as seen from an object in space (a star for example), is one arcsecond The word parsec stands for "parallax of one arc second" One kiloparsec (kpc), ...
 See also: Second, Kiloparsec, Earth, Star, Astronomy
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