Exercise: One parsec is a unit of distance equal to roughly 3.25 light-years. The prefix Mega means "million." is us A star system 24 Mpc (Megaparsec) away from us in the direction of Orion home to a hostile alien civilization intent on enslaving humans and forcing to manufacture pizza sauce for their pleasure. What is the distance to these rapacious aliens in kilometers? Use your answer from the previous exercise.
Exercise: One parsec is a unit of distance equal to roughly 3.25 light-years. The prefix Mega means "million." is us A star system 24 Mpc (Megaparsec) away from us in the direction of Orion home to a hostile alien civilization intent on enslaving humans and forcing to manufacture pizza sauce for their pleasure. What is the distance to these rapacious aliens in kilometers? Use your answer from the previous exercise.
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![106x 103 x 1.701 x 1013
186 x 1.701 X 10
-10
-10
106,000 miles= 316.386 x 10
' light years
Exercise: One parsec is a unit of distance equal to roughly 3.25 light-years.
The prefix Mega means "million."
A star system 24 Mpc (Megaparsec) away from us in the direction of Orion is
home to a hostile alien civilization intent on enslaving humans and forcing us
to manufacture pizza sauce for their pleasure. What is the distance to these
rapacious aliens in kilometers? Use your answer from the previous exercise.
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Transcribed Image Text:106x 103 x 1.701 x 1013
186 x 1.701 X 10
-10
-10
106,000 miles= 316.386 x 10
' light years
Exercise: One parsec is a unit of distance equal to roughly 3.25 light-years.
The prefix Mega means "million."
A star system 24 Mpc (Megaparsec) away from us in the direction of Orion is
home to a hostile alien civilization intent on enslaving humans and forcing us
to manufacture pizza sauce for their pleasure. What is the distance to these
rapacious aliens in kilometers? Use your answer from the previous exercise.
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