Measurement unit: milliparsec

Full name: milliparsec

Plural form: milliparsecs

Category type: length

Scale factor: 30856776000000




SI unit: metre

The SI base unit for length is the metre.
1 metre is equal to 3.2407792700054E-14 milliparsec.



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Definition: Milliparsec

The SI prefix "milli" represents a factor of 10-3, or in exponential notation, 1E-3.

So 1 milliparsec = 10-3 parsecs.

The definition of a parsec is as follows:

The parsec (symbol pc) is a unit of length used in astronomy. It stands for "parallax of one arc second", and is approximately 19,131,554,073,600 (19 trillion) miles.


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