kpc
kiloparsec
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A kiloparsec is one thousand parsecs, about 3.086 × 10¹⁹ metres or 3,262 light-years. It is the unit of galactic structure: the sun sits roughly 8 kpc from the centre of the Milky Way, the galactic disc is about 30 kpc across, and its scale height is a few hundred parsecs.
| 1 kpc | 3.0856776e+19 m |
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