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megaparsec

American  
[meg-uh-pahr-sek] / ˈmɛg əˌpɑr sɛk /

noun

Astronomy.
  1. one million parsecs.


megaparsec Scientific  
/ mĕgə-pär′sĕk /
  1. One million parsecs.


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Observations of the local Universe consistently point to a faster expansion rate of about 73 kilometers per second per megaparsec.

From Science Daily Apr. 12, 2026

That mpc is what's known as a megaparsec, roughly 3,260,000 light years.

From Salon Dec. 9, 2024

In their analysis, H0 comes out to be 73.04 ± 1.04 kilometers per second per megaparsec.

From Scientific American Apr. 18, 2022

We determine the Hubble constant to be about 70 kilometres per second per megaparsec.

From Nature Oct. 15, 2017

The constant is expressed in terms of kilometers per second per megaparsec.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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