Question

The most recently discovered system close to Earth is a pair of brown dwarfs known as Luhman 16. It has a distance of 6.5 light-years. How many parsecs is this?

Answer 1

Answer:

1.99 parsecs.

Explanation:

We have been given that the most recently discovered system close to Earth is a pair of brown dwarfs known as Luhman 16. It has a distance of 6.5 light-years.

We know that one light year equals to 0.306601 parsecs. To convert 6.5 light-years to parsecs, we will multiply 0.306601 by 6.5.

$6.5\text{ Light-years}=6.5\times 0.306601\text{ Parsecs}$

$6.5\text{ Light-years}=1.9929065\text{ Parsecs}$

$6.5\text{ Light-years}\approx 1.99\text{ Parsecs}$

Therefore, Luhman 16 is approximately 1.99 parsecs away from the Earth.