It annoyed me how Earth-centric the concept of an astronomical unit (the average distance from the Sun to Earth) is until I had the sudden realization that the concept of a light year is also Earth-ce...
Also worth mentioning that a parsec is yet another Earth-centric measure of distance.
"Woops: all galactic measurements are based on our specific star system."
"Woops: all galactic measurements are based on our specific star system."
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