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Parallax is defined as an object appearing as if it is positioned differently when it is looked at from different angles or different positions.
The light year is not a unit of time; it is the distance light travels in a year, or about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion km). Measuring parallax involves measuring very tiny angles. A degree can be divided into 60 min utes and each minute into 60 seconds.