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Variable: NORMALIZE_DISTANCE_UNIT ​

ts
const NORMALIZE_DISTANCE_UNIT: Readonly<{
  astronomical unit: "au";
  astronomical units: "au";
  astronomical-unit: "au";
  astronomical-units: "au";
  au: "au";
  Au: "au";
  AU: "au";
  gigalightyear: "Gly";
  gigalightyears: "Gly";
  gigaparsec: "Gpc";
  gigaparsecs: "Gpc";
  Gly: "Gly";
  Gpc: "Gpc";
  kilolightyear: "kly";
  kilolightyears: "kly";
  kilometer: "km";
  kilometers: "km";
  kilometre: "km";
  kilometres: "km";
  kiloparsec: "kpc";
  kiloparsecs: "kpc";
  kly: "kly";
  km: "km";
  kpc: "kpc";
  light-year: "ly";
  light-years: "ly";
  lightyear: "ly";
  lightyears: "ly";
  ly: "ly";
  m: "m";
  megalightyear: "Mly";
  megalightyears: "Mly";
  megaparsec: "Mpc";
  megaparsecs: "Mpc";
  meter: "m";
  meters: "m";
  metre: "m";
  metres: "m";
  Mly: "Mly";
  Mpc: "Mpc";
  parsec: "pc";
  parsecs: "pc";
  pc: "pc";
}>;

Defined in: helpers/normalize-distance-unit.ts:20

Lookup table that normalizes distance unit aliases (and the canonical symbols themselves) to a single, canonical DistanceUnitType.

  • Canonical symbols map to themselves ('au' → 'au').
  • Aliases map to their symbol ('AU' → 'au', 'light-years' → 'ly', 'kiloparsecs' → 'kpc').
  • Case-sensitive and exact: 'AU' and 'Au' are accepted, 'aU' is not.
  • The table is frozen: it can be read, but not changed at runtime.

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