noun
- plural of kiloparsec: units of astronomical distance equal to 1,000 parsecs or approximately 3,260 light-years
Usage: astronomy
Examples
- The Andromeda Galaxy is located about 780 kiloparsecs from Earth.
- Astronomers measure distances between galaxies in kiloparsecs.
- The Milky Way’s diameter spans roughly 30 kiloparsecs.
- Star formation rates are often calculated per kiloparsec of galactic disk.
- The galaxy cluster extends over several hundred kiloparsecs.
- Intergalactic distances are typically expressed in kiloparsecs or megaparsecs.