19 Aquarii 19 Aquarii 19 Aquarii is a star in the constellation of Aquarius. With an apparent magnitude of about 5.7, the star is barely visible to the naked eye (see Bortle scale). Parallax estimates made by the Hipparcos spacecraft put it at a distance of about 300 light years (92 parsecs) away from the Earth. 19 Aquarii has a spectral type of A8V, meaning it is an A-type main-sequence star. These types of stars are bluish-white colored, and have effective temperatures between 7100 and 11500 K. It rotates fairly fast, as its projected rotational velocity is about 155 km/s, so it
Kos (unit) Kos (unit) The kos (Sanskrit: कोस), also spelled Kosh, Krosh, krosha and Koss, is an ancient Indian subcontinental "Arthashastra standard unit" of distance, since at least 4 BCE. A kos is about 3.00 km or 1.91 miles. The ""Arthashastra: Chapter XX. Measurement of space and time"", authored in 4th century BCE by Chanakya (Vishnugupta Kauṭilya), sets this standard breakup of Indian units of length: Kos may also refer to roughly 1.8 km (1 mile) or 3.2 km (2 miles). "Arthashastra Standard unit" of Kos or krosh is equal to 3075 metres in SI units and 1.91 miles in Imperial units.