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I would use meters because well thats the only other choice to choose from!
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What is a Long unit of measure for great distances?
The parsec is 3.26 light years. Astronomers measure distances to remote galaxies in megaparsecs--millions of parsecs. This is about the longest commonly used length metric.
What is the metric unit used to measure large distances?
meters or kilometers.
What metric units are used to measure distant?
Distances are measured in metres.
When measuring long distances in customary units other than miles what metric unit of measure would you use for the same distance?
Kilometers
What unit is used for measuring distance?
There are MANY units used to measure distances both in Metric and in English types. We use Feet and Yards to measure distances in the US. The academic field often uses metric units like meters and kilometers to measure distances. For larger or massive distances there are the units of miles (English) and Kilomiters (Metric) and then in space we have the Astonomical Unit (Distance from earth to Sun) and the Light Year for the biggest distances. And there are the smaller measures of inches and millimeters.
What is the standard metric unit for measuring long distances?
kilometers
What you can measure with miles?
You measure long distances with miles.
What can you measure miles?
You measure long distances with miles.
What unit is used to measure distances on land?
It depends on what you are trying to measure. Long distances usually are measured in miles. Survey distances usually are measured in feet.
Metric version of mile?
For long distances, kilometers are used. A kilometer is about 0.6 miles.
The term for measuring long distances in the metric system is the what?
kilometers :D viva mexico!!
How do you measure land miles in metric system?
You don't, miles are not a unit in the metric system. All distances are measured in metres. Prefixes are used for multiples or fractions of a metre. Distances that used to be measured in miles would, today, be measured in kilometres.
