parsecs

It was located 2.7 parsecs from the high velocity Terran Throughway and 5.8 parsecs from the Orion Interchange.

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The line at bottom left shows a scale of 0.2 parsecs, which is approximately

Centauri Dreams 2009

And that suggests to me that - at the time they were originally released - they perhaps meant "parsecs" as a unit of time.

Boing Boing Maggie Koerth-Baker 2010

"She can make the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs and has virtually no carbon footprint:" Soot from commercial space flights at the New Mexico-based Spaceport America could dramatically hasten global climate change, according to a new study.

HUFFPOST HILL - OCTOBER 25TH, 2010 The Huffington Post News Team 2010

"Made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs" indeed!

Star Wars Galaxy Map 2009

One of the most famous bad science clunkers comes from Star Wars where Han Solo talks about making the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs.

2010 January | The Long Write 2010

One of the most famous bad science clunkers comes from Star Wars where Han Solo talks about making the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs.

Why Your Science Has to Be Better Than The Science in TV Science Fiction | The Long Write 2010

Why, for example, does Han Solo boast about his ship's speed by saying that it can do the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs when a parsec is in fact a measurement of distance rather than time?

Han Vs. Greedo: ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Supervising Director Dave Filoni Knows Who Shot First » MTV Movies Blog 2010

One of the most famous bad science clunkers comes from Star Wars where Han Solo talks about making the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs.

2010 January 25 | The Long Write 2010

Next, ALMA will resolve proto-planetary disks around stars at a distance of up to 150 parsecs (almost 500 light-years!) away.

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