Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Kiloparsec Symbol Kpc |
A unit of distance equal to one thousand parsecs, which is 3,261.61 light years.
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