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THERE comes a time in every science when merit is acquired by the introduction of a new unit of measurement, and all will admit the occasional necessity of such in a world of expanding physical sciences. Does astronomical science need another unit of stellar distance?
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CURTIS, H. Light-Year versus Parsec. Nature 121, 789 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121789a0
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