N a unit of astronomical distance equal to the distance from earth at which stellar parallax would be 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.0857 × 1016 m or 3.262 light years 秒差距; 测量天体间距离的单位
He and his colleagues have taken a close look at another exoplanet: WASP 12b, a gas giant 267 parsecs from Earth, which was discovered in 2009.
他和他的同事仔细观测了另一个系外行星：WASP 12b，一个距地球267秒差距的气体巨星，它于2009年被发现。
The planetary menagerie exists around a star overlooked by other exoplanet hunters, although it is just 12 parsecs (39 light years) from Earth.
这个行星的乐园存在于一个被其他外星猎人所忽视的恒星周围，虽然它距离地球只有12天文单位（39光年）。
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