it is not light year.
2006-12-28 04:59:24 · 13 answers · asked by MAYUR 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
I've got to say that the nautical mile (6076 feet) would apply.
The asker clearly stated "biggest unit in the world". As a parsec and multiples of a parsec exceed the size of planet earth, the largest unit of measure on earth must be the answer.
Nautical mile, final answer
2006-12-28 05:19:18 · answer #1 · answered by hartless63 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Largest Unit Of Length
2016-12-17 03:25:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mega parsec
=3.2616*10^6 LIGHT YEARS
[PARSEC is the distance which subtends an angle of 1 second with the semi major axis of the earth's orbit]
2006-12-28 05:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by openpsychy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The light year
2006-12-28 06:08:51 · answer #4 · answered by gooeyjim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Parsec, which is a little more than 3¼ light years, or 3.1 x 10^13 kilometers. Read about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec
From the basic parsec, then, we can have kiloparsecs (thousands of parsecs), megaparsecs (millions of parsecs), and gigaparsecs (billions of parsecs) . . . and even more if we need it.
2006-12-28 05:05:09 · answer #5 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it's the BIGGEST, but the parsec is 3.3 light years, so it's at least BIGGER than a light year.
As for Louis' suggestion, yeah, I guess the megaparsec would be bigger, but if you're going to allow prefixes, then the gigaparsec, teraparsec, exaparsec, zettaparsec, and yottaparsec would be even bigger. ;)
2006-12-28 05:02:30 · answer #6 · answered by Jim Burnell 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A light year, that is the distance light travels in 1 year.
2006-12-28 05:02:47 · answer #7 · answered by Dr Knight M.D 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The parsec is 3.261630751 light years.
Megaparsecs (3.261 million light-years) are common in astronomy.
2006-12-28 05:07:43 · answer #8 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The parsec
2006-12-28 05:02:41 · answer #9 · answered by JasonM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
megaparsec :
the megaparsec is used by astronomers studying the most distant quasars and galaxies. One megaparsec equals one million parsecs, 3.2616 million light years or 30.857 x 1018 kilometers (30.857 zettameters).
2006-12-28 05:03:29 · answer #10 · answered by Louis G 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋