•11. In Star Wars, Han Solo
claims the Millenium Falcon can make the Kessel Run
in less than 12 parsecs. Huh? That's a distance, not a
time! Star Wars fans
claim this line doesn't refer to a trip in the conventional way,
but rather a specific smuggling task. You should now know
where the term parsec comes from. What
is the parallax of a star 12 parsecs from Earth?
•1/12
of an arcsec.