Science, asked by hpayal3669, 1 year ago

If a star has a parallax of 0.01 arcseconds what is its distance?

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Answered by abeernaeem3

Where p is the parallax angle observed, and D is the actual distance measured in parsecs. A parsec is defined as the distance at which an object has a parallax of 1 arcsecond. This distance is approximately 3.26 light years.

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