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Light-year

A light-year is a unit of distance used in astronomy to measure vast interstellar and intergalactic scales, defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum over one Julian year.

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Mathematics

Parsec

The parsec is an astronomical unit of distance defined as the distance at which one astronomical unit subtends an angle of one arcsecond, approximately 3.26 light-years.

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