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A parsec was a measurement of distance equal to approximately 3.26 light years.

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By real world definition a parsec is 360×60×60/2π Astronomical Units (AU). It is a measurement of distance based on apparent stellar motion as observed from Earth.

Since the Galactic Standard "AU", would be based on Coruscant's orbit (368 days) it would equal 150,349,907,726 meters. This makes a Galactic Standard parsec equal 31,011,894,586,294,500 meters.

Note, that it is also possible that the Coruscant Day, Hour, etc. are 0.75% shorter than Earth's, in which case the AU and parsec would be the same length as Earth's.

Earth has a year 365.2424 days long and an AU of 149,597,870,691 meters. This makes an Earth based parsec equal 30,856,775,813,057,300 meters.

Planet Orbit
(days)
"AU"
(meters)
parsec
(meters)
Earth 365.2424 149,597,870,691 30,856,775,813,057,300
Coruscant 368 150,349,907,726 31,011,894,586,294,500

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