pc to Earth's distance from sun
92 unitsConvert Parsec to Earth's distance from sun (pc to Earth's distance from sun)
1 parsec = 206261.8704 Earth's distance from suns. Convert parsecs to Earth's distance from suns instantly, with the exact factor, the formula and a reference table of common values.
pc to Earth's distance from sun conversion table
| pc | Earth's distance from sun |
|---|---|
| 1 pc | 206261.8704 Earth's distance from sun |
| 2 pc | 412523.7408 Earth's distance from sun |
| 3 pc | 618785.6112 Earth's distance from sun |
| 5 pc | 1031309.352 Earth's distance from sun |
| 10 pc | 2062618.704 Earth's distance from sun |
| 20 pc | 4125237.408 Earth's distance from sun |
| 50 pc | 10313093.52 Earth's distance from sun |
| 100 pc | 20626187.04 Earth's distance from sun |
| 250 pc | 51565467.6 Earth's distance from sun |
| 500 pc | 103130935.2 Earth's distance from sun |
| 1000 pc | 206261870.4 Earth's distance from sun |
What is a parsec?
A parsec is about 3.26 light years, or roughly 30.9 trillion kilometers. The name is short for "parallax second," because it comes from a measuring trick: a star one parsec away appears to shift by one arcsecond as the Earth moves across its orbit.
Professional astronomers usually prefer parsecs to light years, and they scale it up for bigger jobs — kiloparsecs for distances inside a galaxy and megaparsecs for the gaps between galaxies.
In writing, the parsec is usually shortened to "pc". One parsec is 3.085678e+16 meters, and that ratio is what every figure on this page is built from.