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Astronomical Distance Measurements

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Solar radius (R☉)

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The solar radius is used to express the size of stars. It is based on the radius of the Sun, which is about 696,340 kilometers.

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Parsec

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1 parsec is equivalent to approximately 3.086 trillion kilometers.

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Hubble parameter (H0)

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The Hubble parameter is the rate of expansion of the universe, used to determine distances to galaxies, typically measured in kilometers per second per megaparsec (km/s/Mpc).

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Angstrom (Å)

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1 Ångstrom is equivalent to 101010^{-10} meters or 0.0000000001 kilometers.

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Planck length

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The Planck length is a theoretical minimum length in the universe, approximately 1.616×10351.616 \times 10^{-35} meters or 1.616×10381.616 \times 10^{-38} kilometers.

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Redshift (z)

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Redshift is a dimensionless quantity that indicates the increase in wavelength, used to determine distances to faraway galaxies.

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Megaparsec

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1 megaparsec is equivalent to one million parsecs or about 3.086 x 10^19 kilometers.

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Kiloparsec

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1 kiloparsec is equivalent to 1,000 parsecs or about 3.086 trillion kilometers.

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Astronomical Unit (AU)

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1 AU is equivalent to approximately 149.6 million kilometers.

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Light-year

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1 light-year is equivalent to about 9.461 trillion kilometers.

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