Axis

Astronomy

parsecpc

The IAU 2015 nominal parsec, 648000/π astronomical units.

Dimension
length
Canonical signature
L
System
astronomical
Exactness
Exact by definition

Definition record

How this unit is defined

Canonical base
1 pc = 30,856,775,814,913,670 m
Conversion type
linear
Aliases
parsecs, parallax second

Same dimension

Related units

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Common conversions

Every conversion routes through the canonical base of the dimension.

1 pc = 30,856,775,814,913,670 m

Exact by definition relationship

10 pc = 308,567,758,149,136,700 m

Exact by definition relationship