Re: [NTLK] unidentified pkg (was IDXnames)

From: Andre Baron (abaron_at_mac.com)
Date: Sat Nov 24 2001 - 04:26:57 EST


Ah HA, quite correct for dictionary definition Jon. Here is what
dictionary.com has to say;

par·sec (pärsk)
n.
A unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which
stellar parallax is one second of arc and equal to 3.258 light-years, 3.086
× 1013 kilometers, or 1.918 × 1013 miles.

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[par(allax) + sec(ond)1.]

Andre

> -----Original Message----- > From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net > [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Jon Glass > Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 1:04 AM > To: Newtontalk > Subject: Re: [NTLK] unidentified pkg (was IDXnames) > > > > on 11/23/01 11:37 PM, Robert Benschop at rbenschop_at_mac.com wrote: > > >> I *know* I've heard of ParSec before, can't for the life of me > find it on > >> my disk or on the web though... > > > > That's weird, but exactly the same here, that name stuck somehow, but I > > don't remember for the life of me what it is.... > > Isn't a parsec a measurement of space/time?? > -- > -Jon Glass > Krakow, Poland > <mailto:jonglass_at_usa.net> > <mailto:glasshaus5_at_aol.com> > "Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it > is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." > --George Washington, first president of the USA > > > > -- > This is the Newtontalk mailinglist - http://www.newtontalk.net > To unsubscribe or manage: visit the above link or > mailto:newtontalk-request_at_newtontalk.net?Subject=unsubscribe > >

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