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Definition of Parsecs
1. parsec [n] - See also: parsec
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parsecs
Literary usage of Parsecs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1919)
"The mid-galactic region, an equatorial segment some 100000 parsecs in diameter
and 4000 parsecs thick, contains practically all the isolated stars, ..."
2. An Introduction to Astronomy by Forest Ray Moulton (1916)
"It has been seen that there are 20 known stars within 5 parsecs of the earth.
It is not unreasonable to suppose that there are 10 other stars within the ..."
3. General Astronomy by Harold Spencer Jones (1922)
"If, as we have seen is probable, some of the sixth-magnitude stars belong to the
Milky Way, the distance is reduced to 1200 parsecs. ..."
4. Stellar Movements and the Structure of the Universe by Arthur Stanley Eddington (1914)
"The nearest fixed star, a Centauri, is at a distance of 1*3 parsecs. There are
perhaps thirty or forty stars within a distance of five parsecs, and, ..."
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