Spat (distance unit)

Not to be confused with Spat (angular unit).

The spat (symbol S) is an obsolete unit of distance used in astronomy. It is equal to 1,000,000,000 kilometres (620,000,000 mi; 6.7 au). A light-year is about 9460 S.

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