HIPPARCOS (an acronym for HIgh Precision PARallax COllecting Satellite) was a scientific mission of the European Space
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HIPPARCOS (an acronym for HIgh Precision PARallax COllecting Satellite) was a scientific mission of the European Space Agency (ESA). It was the first space experiment devoted to astrometry, the accurate measurement of star positions, distances, parallaxes, and proper motions. If the measured parallax shift of a star is 0.110 arcsecs, what is the distance to this star in light-years?
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University Physics with Modern Physics
ISBN: 978-0321696861
13th edition
Authors: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman, A. Lewis Ford
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