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From: inc@fluke.UUCP (Gary Benson)
Newsgroups: net.movies.sw
Subject: Re: Parsecs
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Date: Mon, 19-Dec-83 12:03:19 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 19 12:03:19 1983
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Are you *sure* that a parsec is a local unit of measurement? My big old
Webster's says it is equal to a *heliocentric* paralllax of one arc
second. It is then converted to earth radii, then to light-years. Seems to
me that what a parsec is is a distance that you have to be away from a sun
to observe one arc-second of parallax. Maybe a scientist who really knows,
or someone who cares to research it more thoroughly would care to set us
all straight...

may the force be be with you
and with your spirit

Gary (also outgrew Rome) Benson

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Gary Benson
John Fluke Mfg. Co.
Everett, WA, USA