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Question
2 (1 point)If a star has a parallax of 0.1 seconds of arc,
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then
its distance is
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a.2
parsecs b.5 parsecs c.10 parsecs d. 20 parsecs e.100 parsecs
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Question 3 (1 point)In Star
Wars, Han Solo claims the Millenium
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Falcon
can make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. Huh?
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That's
a distance, not a time! Star Wars fans claim this line doesn't
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refer
to a trip in the conventional way, but rather a specific
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smuggling
task through warped space. You should now know
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where
the term parsec comes from. What is the parallax of a star
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12
parsecs from Earth?
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a.
12 arcseconds. b. 6 arcseconds. c. 1/6 arcseconds.
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d. 1/12 arcseconds. e. I don't know what parallax means!
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