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The Kilometers to Mega-Parsecs calculator converts a measurement of length in kilometers to mega-parsecs.
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose units and enter the following:
- (km) This is the distance in kilometers
Mega-Parsec(Mpc): The calculator returns the distance in mega-parsecs. However, this can be automatically converted to other units via the pull-down menu.
The Math / Science
A parsec was traditionally defined as the distance where one astronomical unit subtends an angle of one arcsecond. A parsec was redefined in 2015 to 648000π astronomical units. A mega-parsec is one million parsecs.
Mega-parsecs are used in Astronomy Calculations when more conventional units such as kilometers are too small for easy comprehension, and the conversion from common length units to astronomical units is a simple linear transform for the distances to remote galaxies.
Direct Space Distance Units Conversions:
- Convert Kilometers to Light-Seconds
- Convert Kilometers to Light-Minutes
- Convert Kilometers to Astronomical Units
- Convert Kilometers to Light-Hours
- Convert Kilometers to Light-Days
- Convert Kilometers to Light-Years
- Convert Kilometers to Parsecs
- Convert Kilometers to kilo-Light-Year
- Convert Kilometers to Mega-Parsecs
