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Distance , DISTANCE
One of the well-recognized benefits of science and technology is that they reduce distance across both space and time. Science looks back in… parsec , par·sec / ˈpärˌsek/ (abbr.: pc) • n. a unit of distance used in astronomy, equal to about 3.25 light years (3.08 × 1016 meters). One parsec correspon… Depth Perception , Depth perception is the ability to see the environment in three dimensions and to estimate the spatial distances of objects from ourself and from eac… Astronomical Unit , An astronomical unit (AU) is a unit of length that astronomers use for measuring distances such as orbits and trajectories within the solar system. O… Bodes Law , Bode's law [for J. E. Bode], also known as Titius's law or the Titius-Bode law, empirical relationship between the mean distances of the planets from… Edwin Powell Hubble , Hubble, Edwin Powell
observational astronomy, cosmology.
Hubble was the founder of modern extragalactic astronomy and the first to provide observatio…
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focal distance