• threelonmusketeers
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      11 months ago

      No one uses attoparsecs any more than they use beard-seconds or Hubble-barns.

      • Dicska@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        You made me look these up and they are hilarious. Thanks for making my day! Here are a few more on the same page, along with beard-seconds and Hubble-barns.

    • Num10ck@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      as a rule of thumb: the diameter of a banana is about one attoparsec. the length of a banana is about one banana, for scale.