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Suppose You Are an Astronomer on Jupiter (Distance to the Sun

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Suppose you are an astronomer on Jupiter (distance to the Sun = 5 AU) .You observe a star with a parallax of 0.1 arcseconds.What is the star's distance?


A) 0.1 pc
B) 2 pc
C) 5 pc
D) 50 pc

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