Talk:Spat (angular unit)

Error?[edit]

I fail to understand how a spat can be "about 1.057×10-4 light-years or 3.240×10-5 parsecs" when the wiki link definition for parsec ([1]) describes it as is described as "about 3.26 light-years".

The dictionary of units of measurement defines a spat as "an informal unit of distance formerly used by astronomers. The spat is equal to the terameter (Tm, or 1012 meters). This is equivalent to about 6.6846 astronomical units. The origin of this usage is not clear; spat may be an acronym for space unit or space-time." Given that an astronomical unit is around 150 million kilometres (the distance from the earth to the sun), one spat is WAY shorter than one light-year.

Neurons-at-work (talk) 10:28, 11 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's precisely what the article says: a spat is about 0.0001, or 10^-4, light-years. What is the inconsistency? Hqb (talk) 10:36, 11 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

thanks ... neurons (or eyes) obviously not working very well late at night :) Neurons-at-work (talk) 04:49, 12 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The linked Spanish counterpart article directs to the distance unit instead of the angular unit.[edit]

The linked Spanish counterpart article directs to the distance unit instead of the angular unit. Brauxljo (talk) 18:17, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Should be fixed now, thanks. As far as I can see, there's no eswiki counterpart for the angular unit. Hqb (talk) 19:56, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]