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100 000 000 000 000km is equal to 1.57 lightyear. Rigel, which is the brightest star in Orion, is 777 lightyear away from earth. Is this was measured in km, it would be 7 381 500 000 000 000 km away. It only makes it easier to express the to measure the extreme distances found in space. One would not measure the distance between New York and Paris in millimeters. The final number would have far too many digits.

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