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[โ€“] Dicska@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one uses attoparsecs any more than they use beard-seconds or Hubble-barns.

[โ€“] Dicska@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

You made me look these up and they are hilarious. Thanks for making my day! Here are a few more on the same page, along with beard-seconds and Hubble-barns.

[โ€“] Num10ck@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

as a rule of thumb: the diameter of a banana is about one attoparsec. the length of a banana is about one banana, for scale.