Of course, let’s not forget that the Millennium Falcon is the “fastest hunk of junk” in the galaxy. “Parsec” is a unit of distance in astronomy, not speed. So, when Han Solo uttered the famous quote about “…the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs…” Solo is rightfully bragging about the Millennium Falcon’s advanced technology and navigation ability to get through hyperspace in the shortest amount of distance.
KESSEL RUN PARSEC DISTANCE SERIES
****** That's an idea- might do a misconceptions post about those too at some point, as well.This is a short five (5) part blog series focused on how you can make the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. One arcsecond is the same as about 0.0003 degrees. ****** An arcsecond is a unit of angle measurement (like degrees) that astronomers use because instead of degrees because they're too big. That's actually an alternative pop/rock band from the US. Beware of wallies who spell it 'parallex'. This is a basic idea of the effect of parallax. The lamppost has apparently 'moved' with respect to its background. Without moving, swap the eye you're using to see. ***** Next time you're outside, stand still, look at a lamppost and close one eye. If you want to know more about light-years, get in touch and suggest I write a post about them. **** Another unit of distance that's commonly misconceived to be a unit of time. ** Miles, kilometers, feet, inches, millimetres and Astronomical Units are other examples of distance units. Which was the first one (Episode I was the 4th. * Episode IV: A New Hope, if you're interested. Have a question about this topic? Comment below! Got an astronomy related question of your own? Ask it here. If this was the case (and surely it must be), then the distance reduction, with corresponding danger-level increase, would be worth boasting about in the Mos Eisley Cantina. This would mean that, while most ships took the safe option and clocked up an extra 12pc (at least) on their parsecometer, Han managed to shave off some of that extra distance and get his per-parsec expenses claim down below 12pc. Han was plainly talking about a route which is usually all wibbly-wobbly, possibly for saftey reasons (asteroid fields******, empire blockades, black holes etc), but which Han took a less round-about approach to, being all heroic and daring and all. Like all good works of sci-fi with glaring scientific errors, fans are duty-bound to make their hero's apparent mistake fit in with what we know to be right, and show that it is, in fact, us who have been mistaken all along. So Han Solo, epitome of man-ness and worthy role-model for all growing boys (of all ages), was wrong? It comes from the use of parallax***** to determine how far away from the sun you'd have to be for the Sun and Earth to appear to be one arcsecond apart in the sky. The word 'parsec' is a contraction of ' parallax arc second'. Or, if you want it in more space-y terms, it's about 3.26 light-years****, or a bit more than 200,000 AU. One parsec (shortened to 'pc') is almost the same distance as 31 trillion kilometres*** or 19 trillion miles. I'd guess that this is where confusion may be introduced. The second half of the word 'sec' is also commonly used as an abbreviation for the unit of time, the second (as in, 'I'll be back in a sec,'). I won't provide any spoilers here, except to say that the previous sentence was remarkably prescient.Ī parsec is a unit of distance**, so you'd use it to describe how far away something is, rather than how long it took to get there.
KESSEL RUN PARSEC DISTANCE MOVIE
Important edit: In 2018, nine years after this post was first published - NINE YEARS! - the movie Solo: A Star Wars Story was released.
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