6. Glossary

This game manual is for Universe version 0.8.

This is a glossary of some terms that you may not be familar with.

parsec

A parsec is a unit of distance. It is approximately 3.24 light-years. The parsec is defined as the distance at which the radius of the Earth's orbit subtends an angle of one arc second.

light-year

A light-year is the distance that light travels in one year. Since light travels at 3.00x10⁸ m/sec, a light-year is 9.47x10¹² kilometers (or 5.88x10¹² miles).

Gliese Star Catalog

The Gliese star catalog contains a listing of the closest stars within 25 parsecs. This catalog contains over 3,800 stars! There is a game option to use this catalog for creation of the game's star systems.

Stellar Type

The Stellar Type of a star describes the color and size.

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Created: 18 Apr 1997
Updated: 05 Jan 1999